Male friends, not female company, make a man more attractive

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 348-354

  Milonoff, Markku ^a   Nummi, Petri ^b   Nummi, Outi ^b   Pienmunne, Esa ^b  

^a University of Helsinki ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HOMINID; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATE CHOICE; PHOTOGRAPH; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

EID: 36148956177     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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