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Selflessness is sexy: reported helping behaviour increases desirability of men and women as long-term sexual partners

BACKGROUND: Despite its short-term costs, behaviour that appears altruistic can increase an individual’s inclusive fitness by earning direct (selfish) and/or indirect (kin-selected) benefits. An evolved preference for other-regarding or helping behaviour in potential mates has been proposed as an ad...

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Autores principales: Moore, David, Wigby, Stuart, English, Sinead, Wong, Sonny, Székely, Tamás, Harrison, Freya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24004898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-182