Evidence to suggest that nightclubs function as human sexual display grounds

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1331-1348

  Hendrie, Colin A ^a   Mannion, Helena D ^a   Godfrey, Georgina K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dancing; Human; Lekking; Mating strategies; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 70349445689     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X427704     Document Type: Article

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