More than just a pretty face: Men's priority shifts toward bodily attractiveness in short-term versus long-term mating contexts

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 348-353

  Confer, Jaime C ^a   Perilloux, Carin ^a   Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Evolutionary psychology; Fertility; Reproductive value; Sexual strategies theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955565406     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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