Darwin's theory of sexual selection fundamentally changed how we think about sex and
evolution. The struggle over mating and fertilization is a powerful driver of diversification …

Objective Mate choice copying (MCC) is a type of non-independent mate choice where the
'probability of acceptance'of a potential mate increases if they are observed to be chosen by …

This research examined how people's ideal friend preferences influence the friendship
formation process. In an extension of prior research on romantic relationship initiation, we …

The past 2 Myr have seen both unprecedented environmental instability and the evolution of
the human capacity for complex culture. This, along with the observation that cultural …

The causes of sex differences in human behaviour are contested, with 'evolutionary'and
'social'explanations often being pitted against each other in the literature. Recent work …

Evolutionary behavioral scientists have amassed considerable evidence that human mating
psychology displays adaptive design, varying in functionally predictable ways across sexes …

Mate copying, or mate-choice copying, refers to the heightened probability of choosing or
preferring a prospective mate as a result of them having been previously chosen by another …

Mate choice is a fitness-relevant decision, that can be informed by the mate choices of
others. Such mate-choice copying has been documented across multiple species, including …

We integrate the research on evolutionary leadership with the evolutionary psychology of
mate choice to argue that a facially attractive partner signals unobservable leadership …

This research investigated how a couple's discrepancy in attractiveness influences men's
decision to mate poach or mate copy. The participants (N= 97 heterosexual men) were …