Ritualized combat as an indicator of intrasexual selection effects on male life history evolution

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-49

  Graves, Brent M ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMO SAPIENS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BOXING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BODY SIZE; BOXING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELECTION, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349087731     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20933     Document Type: Article

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