Human hips, breasts and buttocks: Is fat deceptive?

Autor:	Bobbi S. Low, Richard D. Alexander, Katharine M. Noonan
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	medicine.anatomical_structure Sexual selection medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Anatomy Reproductive value Buttocks Biology Deposition (chemistry) Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Ethology and Sociobiology. 8:249-257
ISSN:	0162-3095
DOI:	10.1016/0162-3095(87)90027-6
Popis:	In humans, reproductive-age females, unlike other ages and classes of individuals, deposit fat preferentially on the breasts, hips, and buttocks. This suggests that such fat deposition is a deceptive sexual signal, mimicking other signals of high reproductive value and potential.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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