Father absence in early life has been shown to be associated with accelerated reproductive
development in girls. Evolutionary social scientists have proposed several adaptive …

Across nonhuman species, pubertal timing is affected by the social environment, with
consequences for reproductive success and behavior. In human beings, variations in …

Interest in incorporating life history research from evolutionary biology into the human
sciences has grown rapidly in recent years. Two core features of this research have the …

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 …

The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology
series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral …

Is the absence of biological fathers related to their daughters' earlier age at menarche?
Drawing on evolutionary psychology and life history theory, prior research has suggested …

Childhood family structure has been shown to play an important role in shaping a child's life
course development, especially in industrialised societies. One hypothesis which could …

Puberty marks the beginning of a period of dramatic physical, hormonal, and social change.
This instability has made adolescence infamous as a time of “storm and stress” and it is well …

In order to investigate the association between early life conditions and reproductive and
sexuality-related life history outcomes among men, we conducted a meta-analysis that …

Life History Theory predicts that extrinsic mortality risk is one of the most important factors
shaping (human) life histories. Evidence from contemporary populations suggests that …