Abstract According to the World Health Organization (WHO), customary female genital
modification practices common in parts of Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and the Middle …

We present a theory of honor violence as a form of costly signaling. Two types of honor
violence are identified: revenge and purification. Both types are amenable to a signaling …

Abstract Models based on the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process have become standard for the
comparative study of adaptation. have cast doubt on this practice by claiming statistical …

Genital mutilation/cutting is costly in terms of health, survival and reproduction, and the long-
term maintenance of these practices is an evolutionary conundrum. Previous studies have …

The decline in the everyday importance of religion with economic development is a well-
known correlation, but which phenomenon comes first? Using unsupervised factor analysis …

Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the diehard cultures in the
Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa. The act involves chop** off part of the female …

Relationships among species in the tree of life can complicate comparative methods and
testing adaptive hypotheses. Models based on the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process permit …

Comparative analyses have sought to explain variation in human marriage patterns, often
using predictions derived from sexual selection theory. However, most previous studies …

Female genital cutting (FGC) has immediate and long-term negative health consequences
that are well-documented, and its elimination is a priority for policymakers. The persistence …

Kinship terminologies are the semantic systems of language that express kinship relations
between individuals: in English,'aunt'denotes a parent's sister. Theoretical models of kinship …