The Role of Creativity and Humor in Human Mate Selection

Mating Intelligence: Sex, Relationships, and the Mind’s Reproductive System

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 227-262

  Kaufman, Scott Barry ^a   Kozbelt, Aaron ^b   Bromley, Melanie L ^c   Miller, Geoffrey F ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809952-19     Document Type: Chapter

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