On the evolution of sport

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-28

  Lombardo, Michael P ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic competition; Honest signaling; Natural selection; Sexual selection; Sports; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857825824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000101     Document Type: Article

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