Carrier Females and Sender Males: An Evolutionary Hypothesis Linking Female Attractiveness, Family Resemblance, and Paternity Confidence

Author: Salter F.

Source: Ethology and Sociobiology, Volume 17, Number 4, July 1996 , pp. 211-220(10)

Publisher: Elsevier

Keywords: Beauty; Attraction; Facial averageness; Innate kin recognition mechanism; Carrier features; Cuckoldry; Confidence of paternity; Mate choice strategies

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0162-3095(96)00036-2

Affiliations: 1: Max Planck Research Center for Human Ethology, Andechs, Germany

Publication date: 1996-07-01

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