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 …

Creativity is an essential human trait, yet there is no consensus among scholars as to why
our species have developed creative abilities. Most evolutionary explanations rely on the …

Creativity is sexy, but are all creative behaviors equally sexy? We attempted to clarify the
role of creativity in mate selection among an ethnically diverse sample of 815 …

The most commonly cited explanation for the evolutionary emergence of creative ability is
sexual selection. This suggests that the ability to produce creative products arose to …

Creativity seems to yield survival and reproductive benefits. Creative behaviors allow
individuals to solve problems in new and appropriate ways, and thus to promote their …

Aesthetic ornamentation in other species almost always results from sexual selection
through mate choice, and sexually-selected ornaments usually function as indicators of …

Common speculations hold that homosexual individuals can be more creative, considering
the overrepresentation of homosexuals in the artistic and creative pursuits. The few past …

Male provisioning ability may have evolved as a “good dad” indicator through sexual
selection, whereas male creativity may have evolved partly as a “good genes” indicator. If …

In this article, we argue that there is an essential difference between social intelligence and
creative intelligence, and that they have their foundation in human sexuality. For sex …

Society is largely shaped by creativity, making it critical to understand why, despite minimal
mean gender differences in creative ability, substantial differences exist in the creative …