Evolved mate preferences comprise a central causal process in Darwin's theory of sexual
selection. Their powerful influences have been documented in all sexually reproducing …

Human behavioral ecology (HBE) began in the mid-1970s with the application of optimal
foraging models to hunter-gatherer decisions concerning resource selection and land use …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

▪ Abstract Life history theory offers evolutionary explanations for the timing of life events, with
a particular focus on age-schedules of fertility and mortality and growth. Traditional models …

Patterns of violence and sociality found among simple human societies are compared and
contrasted with those documented among the four great-ape species and among more …

Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do
women typically have fewer sexual partners? In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from …

In most social species, position in the male social hierarchy and reproductive success are
positively correlated; in humans, however, this relationship is less clear, with studies of …

For years, psychiatry has operated without a unified theory of behavior; instead, it has
spawned a pluralism of approaches--including biomedical, psychoanalytic, behavioral, and …

In 1948, Angus J. Bateman reported a stronger relationship between mating and
reproductive success in male fruit flies compared with females, and concluded that selection …

The human life history is characterized by several unusual features, including large babies,
late puberty and menopause, and the fact that there is a strong cultural influence on …