Male facial width is associated with death by contact violence: Narrow-faced males are more likely to die from contact violence

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 551-556

  Stirrat, Michael ^a   Stulp, Gert ^b   Pollet, Thomas V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bizygomatic width; Dominance; Face; Facial width to height ratio; Fighting ability; Formidability; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865297893     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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