Cuckolded Fathers Rare in Human Populations

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 327-329

  Larmuseau, Maarten H D ^a,b,c   Matthijs, Koen ^b   Wenseleers, Tom ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuckoldry; Extra pair paternity; Human behavioural ecology

Indexed keywords

FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATERNITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84963719802     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.03.004     Document Type: Note

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