The evolutionary psychology of physical attractiveness: Sexual selection and human morphology

1995/09/01 by Nigel Barber · 18 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

paper · doi:10.1016/0162-3095(95)00068-2

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Citations

• Intra-sexual selection in Drosophila
• Sexual Strategies Theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating.
• Skin color preference, sexual dimorphism and sexual selection: A case of gene culture co‐evolution?*
• Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures

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• Human (Homo sapiens) facial attractiveness in relation to skin texture and color.
• Human Physique and Sexual Attractiveness: Sexual Preferences of Men and Women in Bakossiland, Cameroon
• Facial attractiveness in men provides clues to semen quality
• Men’s Preferences for Women’s Breast Morphology in New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea
• The Body and Face of Woman
• Women’s fertility across the cycle increases the short-term attractiveness of creative intelligence
• Human preferences for sexually dimorphic faces may be evolutionarily novel
• Men's preferences for women's breast size and shape in four cultures
• Nigel Barber [wikipedia]
• Physical attractiveness [wikipedia]