The evolution of social inference processes: The importance of signaling theory

Evolution and the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 33-48

  Gangestad, Steven W ^a   Thornhill, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203837788     Document Type: Chapter

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