The shaping of women's bodies: Men's choice of fertility or heat stress avoidance?

The Body Beautiful: Evolutionary and Sociocultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 131-158

  Einon, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230596887     Document Type: Chapter

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