Evolution, appearance, and occupational success

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 782-801

  Little, Anthony C ^a   Craig Roberts, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied evolutionary psychology; Elections; Equality; Human behavior; Lookism; Presidents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872411122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000503     Document Type: Article

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