A critique of life history approaches to human trait covariation

BP Zietsch, MJ Sidari - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Covariation of life history traits across species may be organised on a 'fast-slow'continuum.
A burgeoning literature in psychology and social science argues that trait covariation should …

The evolution of life-history theory: a bibliometric analysis of an interdisciplinary research area

D Nettle, WE Frankenhuis - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The term 'life-history theory'is a familiar label in several disciplines. Life-history theory has its
roots in evolutionary models of the fitness consequences of allocating energy to …

Unlearning school attendance and its problems: Moving from historical categories to postmodern dimensions

CA Kearney, C Gonzálvez - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
School attendance and its problems have been a focus of myriad stakeholders for over a
century, which has led both to important advancements in this area as well as …

Individual differences in how desirable people think they are as a mate

Z Csajbók, Z Štěrbová, G Brewer, CA Cândea… - Archives of Sexual …, 2023 - Springer
Mate value is an important concept in mate choice research although its operationalization
and understanding are limited. Here, we reviewed and evaluated previously established …

The impact of physical activity on social anxiety among college students: the chain mediating effect of social support and psychological capital

Y Deng, X Wang - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objective As a topic of widespread concern in the fields of mental health and public health,
social anxiety has many negative impacts on the physical and mental health of …

Introducing the Neuroplastic Narrative: a non-pathologizing biological foundation for trauma-informed and adverse childhood experience aware approaches

H Peckham - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Most people accessing mental health services have adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
and/or histories of complex trauma. In recognition of this, there are calls to move away from …

COVID-19 pandemic on fire: evolved propensities for nocturnal activities as a liability against epidemiological control

MAC Varella, S Luoto, RBS Soares… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Humans have been using fire for hundreds of millennia, creating an ancestral expansion
toward the nocturnal niche. The new adaptive challenges faced at night were recurrent …

[HTML][HTML] Why Were Zebras Not Domesticated? A Review of Domesticability Traits and Tests of Their Role in Ungulate Domestications with Macroevolutionary Models

NG Steklis, M Peñaherrera-Aguirre, HD Steklis… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Beginning with Darwin, scientists have long considered the reasons for
why some species but not others were domesticated. For example, of the equid species …

The role of cross-species relative brain size variation and time since domestication in explaining human empathy towards domesticated mammals

M Peñaherrera-Aguirre, AJ Figueredo… - Personality and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although multiple publications have addressed the nexus between individual differences
and attitudes towards nonhuman animals, fewer studies have discussed the rise of human …

The role of developmental caregiving programming in modulating our affiliation tendency and the vulnerability to social anxiety and eating disorders

M Gagliardi - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Attachment is the evolutionarily-established process through which humans create bonds
with others to receive care from them. The phenomenon is as essential to our physical …