Facial and bodily correlates of family background

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1599, 2006, Pages 2375-2380

  Boothroyd, Lynda G ^a,b   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial attraction; Father absence; Health; Masculinity; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

MASCULINIZATION; PARENTAL CARE; PATERNITY; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER; FACE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 33748654198     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3579     Document Type: Article

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