Angels, mentors, and friends: Trade-offs among evolutionary, social, and individual variables in Physical Appearance

Evolutionary Social Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 109-140

  Cunningham, Michael R ^a   Druen, Perri B ^a   Barbee, Anita P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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