Mating games: The evolution of human mating transactions

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 748-756

  Hill, Sarah E ^a   Reeve, H Kern ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Evolution; Game theory; Human mating; Mate choice; Mating strategies

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4344704101     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh073     Document Type: Article

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