Strategic pluralism and context-specific mate preferences in humans

From Mating to Mentality: Evaluating Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 39-70

  Simpson, Jeffry A ^a   Oriña, Minda ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203484708     Document Type: Chapter

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