Parental investment and the optimization of human family size

DW Lawson, R Mace - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2011‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human reproductive behaviour is marked by exceptional variation at the population and
individual level. Human behavioural ecologists propose adaptive hypotheses to explain this …

Facial attractiveness

AC Little - Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science, 2021‏ - Springer
In the Samoan language, fa'afafine means:“in the manner of a woman.” Like Samoan men,
fa'afafine are biological males. However, fa'afafine do not identify as men nor do the …

Fundamental dimensions of environmental risk: The impact of harsh versus unpredictable environments on the evolution and development of life history strategies

BJ Ellis, AJ Figueredo, BH Brumbach, GL Schlomer - Human nature, 2009‏ - Springer
The current paper synthesizes theory and data from the field of life history (LH) evolution to
advance a new developmental theory of variation in human LH strategies. The theory posits …

[کتاب][B] Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science

TK Shackelford, VA Weekes-Shackelford - 2021‏ - Springer
The use of sacred values by humans to enforce cooperation has been seen throughout
human history, as demonstrated by philosophers like Marx and Aristotle observing that …

[کتاب][B] Sense and nonsense: Evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour

GR Brown, KN Lala - 2024‏ - books.google.com
Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring scientific ideas, and it
offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. However …

Physical attractiveness in adaptationist perspective

LS Sugiyama - The handbook of evolutionary psychology, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
This chapter focuses on (1) outlining an adaptationist perspective on physical
attractiveness,(2) presenting the basic questions that this perspective leads us to ask,(3) …

Physical attractiveness and reproductive success in humans: Evidence from the late 20th century United States

M Jokela - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Physical attractiveness has been associated with mating behavior, but its role in
reproductive success of contemporary humans has received surprisingly little attention. In …

Trade-offs in modern parenting: a longitudinal study of sibling competition for parental care

DW Lawson, R Mace - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Evolutionary and economic models of the family propose that parents face a fundamental
trade-off between fertility and investment per offspring. However, tests of this hypothesis …

Low fertility increases descendant socioeconomic position but reduces long-term fitness in a modern post-industrial society

A Goodman, I Koupil… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Adaptive accounts of modern low human fertility argue that small family size maximizes the
inheritance of socioeconomic resources across generations and may consequently increase …

Reproductive trade-offs in extant hunter-gatherers suggest adaptive mechanism for the Neolithic expansion

AE Page, S Viguier, M Dyble, D Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
The Neolithic demographic transition remains a paradox, because it is associated with both
higher rates of population growth and increased morbidity and mortality rates. Here we …