Understanding promiscuity in strategic friend selection from an evolutionary perspective

North American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-274

  Coutinho, Savia A ^a,b   Hartnett, Jessica L ^a   Sagarin, Brad J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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