Beauty and the beast: Mechanisms of sexual selection in humans

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 157-175

  Puts, David A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contest competition; Evolutionary psychology; Mate choice; Mating; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951934548     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.02.005     Document Type: Review

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