Handedness and reproductive success in two large cohorts of French adults

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-472

  Faurie, Charlotte ^a,b   Alvergne, Alexandra ^b   Bonenfant, Sébastien ^c   Goldberg, Marcel ^c   Hercberg, Serge ^d   Zins, Marie ^c   Raymond, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^d University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Handedness; Homo; Life history traits; Polymorphism; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750000876     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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