Sexual selection in ancestral human societies: The importance of the anthropological and historical records

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 86-95

  Apostolou, Menelaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Female choice; Male male competition; Parental choice environment of evolutionary adaptedness; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964370140     PISSN: 23302925     EISSN: 23302933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0099388     Document Type: Article

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