Men's perception of women's attractiveness is calibrated to relative mate value and dominance of the women's partner

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-146

  Bailey, Drew H ^a   Durante, Kristina M ^b   Geary, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Male choice; Mate search; Mate value; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551683897     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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