ABSTRACT A forest species of millipede belonging to the Order Spirobolida found along the
eastern coast of southern Africa were tested for size assortative mating. The objectives …

Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically
tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for …

The present global study attempts to verify the links between marital satisfaction and the
number of children as well as its moderators in an international sample. Data for the study …

ABSTRACT The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg's Triangular Love
Scale–STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand …

Cultural innovations, such as tools and other technical articles useful for survival, imply that
creativity is an outcome of evolution. However, the existence of purely ornamental items …

Mate value is an important concept in mate choice research although its operationalization
and understanding are limited. Here, we reviewed and evaluated previously established …

Decades of research have documented the apparent health benefits of marriage, but the
dynamics of how health may change across the transition to marriage are not fully …

Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and
affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed …

Seventy-nine percent of internet users use Facebook, and on average they access
Facebook eight times a day (Greenwood et al., 2016). To put these numbers into …

A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals.
However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work …