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- 4
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- 3
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- 237-269
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Randy Thornhill,
Steven W. Gangestad
(1993).
Human facial beauty.
Human Nature
, 4
(3)
, 237-269.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02692201
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- 10.1007/bf02692201