Digit ratio (2D:4D), dominance, reproductive success, asymmetry, and sociosexuality in the BBC internet study

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-461

  Manning, John T ^a   Fink, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; LIBIDO; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48049105534     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20767     Document Type: Article

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