Facial attractiveness and fertility in populations with low levels of modern birth control

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 491-498

  Silva, Antonio S ^a   Lummaa, Virpi ^b,c   Muller, Ulrich ^d   Raymond, Michel ^e   Alvergne, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Fitness; Mate choice; Preferences; Reproductive success; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865299839     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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