Based merely on the scents of shirts worn recently by unknown men, women can, to a
significant degree, assess the men's physical attractiveness—but only while ovulating. When …

Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do?
Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products of our long-ago evolutionary …

In the course of discussing evolutionary social psychology, this chapter specifically
addresses: connecting the past and the present; fundamentals of evolutionary theory; basic …

What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural
selection, which has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of …

It is 25 years since modern evolutionary ideas were first applied extensively to human
behavior, jump-starting a field of study once known as 'sociobiology'. Over the years, distinct …

The principles of evolutionary psychology and the traditional assumptions of social
psychology are highly compatible. Both disciplines trace observed behavioral variability to …

Social psychological findings and methods can provide valuable tools for evolutionary
theorists. Social psychologists have developed useful methods for understanding ongoing …

This book seeks to combine the study of human social cognition-the way we think, decide,
plan and analyze social situations-with an evolutionary framework that considers these …

This summary article discusses the impoverishment of biological reductionism and the
limitations of genetic explanations for complex social arrangements. Because there are no …

Applications of modern evolutionary theory to human culture have generated several
different theoretical approaches that challenge traditional anthropological …