Scars for war: evaluating alternative signaling explanations for cross-cultural variance in ritual costs

SOSIS, R, KRESS, H, BOSTER, J·2007·Evolution and Human Behavior
DOI 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.02.007

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