Adaptations in humans for assessing physical strength from the voice

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1699, 2010, Pages 3509-3518

  Sell, Aaron ^a   Bryant, Gregory A ^b   Cosmides, Leda ^a   Tooby, John ^a   Sznycer, Daniel ^a   Von Rueden, Christopher ^a   Krauss, Andre ^c   Gurven, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Formidability; Physical strength; Resource holding power; Voice

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78149235198     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0769     Document Type: Article

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