Covert Sexual Signaling: Human Flirtation and Implications for other Social Species

According to signaling theory and a large body of supporting evidence, males across many taxa produce courtship signals that honestly advertise their quality. The cost of producing or performing these signals maintains signal honesty, such that females are typically able to choose the best males by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrew Gersick, Robert Kurzban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-07-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200305