Evolved mate preferences comprise a central causal process in Darwin's theory of sexual
selection. Their powerful influences have been documented in all sexually reproducing …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

Human foragers are obligately group-living, and their high dependence on mutual aid is
believed to have characterized our species' social evolution. It was therefore a central …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

Objective Mate choice involves trading‐off several preferences. Research on this process
tends to examine mate preference prioritization in homogenous samples using a small …

Mental disorders arise from neural and psychological mechanisms that have been built and
shaped by natural selection across our evolutionary history. Looking at psychopathology …

This chapter focuses on (1) outlining an adaptationist perspective on physical
attractiveness,(2) presenting the basic questions that this perspective leads us to ask,(3) …

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 …

Kann man Liebe und Konflikte in Partnerschaften–oder die Sicherheit, die eine Mutter ihrem
Kind spendet–wissenschaftlich untersuchen, ja sogar messen? Wie verändern sich …

Multiple lines of evidence suggest that there are two major dimensions of social perception,
often called warmth and competence, and that warmth is prioritized over competence in …