Male traits associated with attractiveness in Conambo, Ecuador

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Escasa, Michelle ^a   Gray, Peter B ^a   Patton, John Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achuar; Age preference; Attractiveness; Coalitional bias; Quichua

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951937842     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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