Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 145-157 , March 2006

Cues of parental investment as a factor in attractiveness

Received 22 January 2004 ,Accepted 28 June 2005.

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PII: S1090-5138(05)00058-9

doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.06.003

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 145-157 , March 2006