Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 342-350, September 2009

Physical attractiveness and reproductive success in humans: evidence from the late 20th century United States☆

  • Markus Jokela

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 9, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.

Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Väestöliitto, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland

Received 9 February 2009; accepted 23 March 2009. published online 12 May 2009.

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☆ This study was supported by the Kone Foundation (MJ). This research uses data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 1991, the WLS has been supported principally by the National Institute on Aging (AG-9775 and AG-21079), with additional support from the Vilas Estate Trust, the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation and the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A public use file of data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study is available from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, and at http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/data/. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author.

PII: S1090-5138(09)00027-0

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.03.006

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 342-350, September 2009

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