Who is the fairest of them all? Race, attractiveness and skin color sexual dimorphism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-162

  Lewis, Michael B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Mate selection; Mixed race; Race; Sexual dimorphism; Skin color

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249274242     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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