Weapons make the man (larger): Formidability is represented as size and strength in humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Holbrook, Colin ^a   Snyder, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRENGTH; UNITED STATES; WEAPON; FIREARM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

VERTEBRATA;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84859582066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032751     Document Type: Article

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