Mate choice copying in humans

Human Nature

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-271

  Waynforth, D ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission; Facial attractiveness; Facial masculinity; Mate choice; Reproductive strategies; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649010941     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-007-9004-2     Document Type: Article

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