Current Issue May 2012, Vol. 33, No. 3

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Facial width-to-height ratio in a Turkish population is not sexually dimorphic and is unrelated to aggressive behavior
May 2012(Vol. 33 | No. 3 | Pages 169-173)
Barış Özener

Anthropometric correlates of human anger
May 2012(Vol. 33 | No. 3 | Pages 174-181)
Michael E. Price, James Dunn, Sian Hopkins, Jinsheng Kang

Mating strategies in Chinese culture: female risk avoiding vs. male risk taking
May 2012(Vol. 33 | No. 3 | Pages 182-192)
Wen Shan, Jin Shenghua, Hunter Morgan Davis, Kaiping Peng, Xiao Shao, Youyou Wu, Shuqing Liu, Jiewen Lu, Jinhua Yang, Weiqing Zhang, Miao Qiao, Jing Wang, Yi Wang

Sex differences in jealousy: a meta-analytic examination
11 May 2012
Brad J. Sagarin, Amy L. Martin, Savia A. Coutinho, John E. Edlund, Lily Patel, John J. Skowronski, Bettina Zengel
Abstract: The theory of evolved sex differences in jealousy predicts sex differences in responses to sexual infidelities and emotional infidelities. Critics have argued that such differences are absen...
Fear is readily associated with an out-group face in a minimal group context
10 May 2012
Carlos David Navarrete, Melissa M. McDonald, Benjamin D. Asher, Norbert L. Kerr, Kunihiro Yokota, Andreas Olsson, Jim Sidanius
Abstract: Research on prepared learning demonstrates that fear-conditioning biases may exist to natural hazards (e.g., snakes) compared to nonnatural hazards (e.g., electrical cords) and that fear is ...
Short stature in African pygmies is not explained by sexual selection
10 May 2012
Noémie S.A. Becker, Priscille Touraille, Alain Froment, Evelyne Heyer, Alexandre Courtiol
Abstract: African pygmies' short stature has been studied for more than a century, but the evolution of this extreme phenotype remains unknown. The present study tests the hypothesis that sexual selec...
Childlessness drives the sex difference in the association between income and reproductive success of modern Europeans
09 May 2012
Julia A. Barthold, Mikko Myrskylä, Owen R. Jones
Abstract: The association between reproductive success and income in economically developed societies remains a controversial and understudied topic. The commonly made statement that individuals with ...
A Bayesian approach to the evolution of social learning
25 April 2012
Charles Perreault, Cristina Moya, Robert Boyd
Abstract: There has been much interest in understanding the evolution of social learning. Investigators have tried to understand when natural selection will favor individuals who imitate others, how i...

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