One of the earliest recognized forms of sexual conflict was infanticide by males, which
imposes serious costs on female reproductive success. Here I review two bodies of …

Primate socioecological studies have attempted to derive general frameworks using the
average behavioural traits of species or genera to place them into categories. However, with …

We review evolutionary processes and mechanisms that gave rise to the diversity of primate
social systems. We define social organization, social structure and mating system as distinct …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Pair-bonding has been suggested to be a critical factor in the evolutionary development of
the social brain. The brain neuropeptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) exerts an important …

Hadza hunter-gatherers display economic and social features usually assumed to indicate
the dependence of wives and children on provisioning husbands and fathers. The wives and …

Kinship, religion, and economy were not" natural" to humans, nor to species of apes that had
to survive on the African savanna. Society from its very beginnings involved an uneasy …

Emotions suffuse our lives: a symphony of feeling-usually whispering and murmuring in
pianissimo but occasionally screaming and shouting in fortissimo crescendo-filling every …

Throughout history humans have been fascinated with incest. Stories, fables, literature,
philosophers, church officials, and scientists have explored this mysterious topic. The taboo …

Multidisciplinary perspectives on the cultural and evolutionary foundations of children's
attachment relationships and on the consequences for education, counseling, and policy. It …