Whether women's orgasm is an adaptation is arguably the most contentious question in the
study of the evolution of human sexuality. Indeed, this question is a veritable litmus test for …

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional
conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional …

Many aspects of primate sperm physiology and reproductive behavior have been influenced
by sexual selection, especially in taxa exposed to sperm competition where females mate …

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 …

Social bonds, here defined as strong, equitable and enduring social relationships, increase
fitness in both male and female primates irrespective of their dispersal regime. Despite the …

Why we can't resist listening in on our neighbours Eavesdropping has a bad name. It is a
form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen, and where such …

The current studies were conducted in order to investigate the phenomenon of copulatory
vocalizations and their relationship to orgasm in women. Data were collected from 71 …

During mating events, females of many primate species produce loud and distinct
vocalizations known as 'copulation calls'. The adaptive significance of these signals is …

Female copulation calls are mating-associated vocalizations that occur in some species of
Old World monkeys and apes. We argue that copulation calls have two immediate functions …

Due to wide variation in the presence and degree of expression of a diverse suite of sexually-
selected traits, the tribe Papionini represents an outstanding model for understanding how …