Does sexual dimorphism in human faces signal health?

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on August 07, 2003

Authors

Gillian Rhodes1, Janelle Chan, Leslie A Zebrowitz, Leigh W Simmons

Author Affiliations

1: School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. gill@psy.uwa.edu.au

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