No evidence for sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio in four large adult samples

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 623-627

  Lefevre, Carmen E ^a   Lewis, Gary J ^b   Bates, Timothy C ^c   Dzhelyova, Milena ^a   Coetzee, Vinet ^d   Deary, Ian J ^c   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BMI; Facial metrics; Facial structure; Facial width to height ratio; Masculinity; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867901294     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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