Mating Intelligence in Personal Ads

Mating Intelligence: Sex, Relationships, and the Mind’s Reproductive System

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-101

  de Backer, Charlotte ^a   Braeckman, Johan ^b   Farinpour, Lili ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809952-9     Document Type: Chapter

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