Human athletic paleobiology; using sport as a model to investigate human evolutionary adaptation

DP Longman, JCK Wells… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The use of sport as a conceptual framework offers unprecedented opportunities to improve
our understanding of what the body does, shedding new light on our evolutionary trajectory …

A meta-analysis of the association between male dimorphism and fitness outcomes in humans

LH Lidborg, CP Cross, LG Boothroyd - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Humans are sexually dimorphic: men and women differ in body build and composition,
craniofacial structure, and voice pitch, likely mediated in part by developmental testosterone …

Does Testosterone Modulate Aggression and Mating Behavior in Humans? A Narrative Review of Two Decades of single-dose Testosterone Administration Research

JM Carré, CT Hemsworth, IA Alabi - Adaptive Human Behavior and …, 2023 - Springer
Objective Decades of research suggest a small, but significant positive association between
testosterone (T) and measures of aggression and mating psychology/behavior. More …

Does the election winner–loser gap extend to subjective health and well-being?

D Toshkov, H Mazepus - Political Studies Review, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Political scientists have studied extensively the gap between winners and losers of
democratic elections with regard to satisfaction with democracy. We ask whether the winner …

Men's mate value correlates with a less restricted sociosexual orientation: a meta-analysis

S Arnocky, J Desrochers, A Rotella, G Albert… - Archives of Sexual …, 2021 - Springer
Men, relative to women, can benefit their total reproductive success by engaging in short-
term pluralistic mating. Yet not all men enact such a mating strategy. It has previously been …

Ego-boosting hormone: Self-reported and blood-based testosterone are associated with higher narcissism

M Zajenkowski, GE Gignac, R Rogoza… - Psychological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Grandiose narcissism is defined as increased motivation for status and viewing oneself as
entitled and superior to others. We hypothesized that these tendencies might be associated …

[HTML][HTML] The role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men

P Polo, G Fajardo, JA Muñoz-Reyes… - Hormones and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Testosterone plays an important role as a social hormone. Current evidence suggests that
testosterone is positively related to sociosexuality increasing the psychological attitudes …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of energy allocation during energetic scarcity; evolutionary insights from ultra-endurance events

DP Longman, E Dolan, JCK Wells, JT Stock - … Biochemistry and Physiology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Exercise physiologists and evolutionary biologists share a research interest in determining
patterns of energy allocation during times of acute or chronic energetic scarcity. Within sport …

Energetics as a driver of human morphological thermal adaptation; evidence from female ultra-endurance athletes

DP Longman, A Murray, R Roberts… - Evolutionary Human …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Functional benefits of the morphologies described by Bergmann's and Allen's rules in
human males have recently been reported. However, the functional implications of …

Testosterone's Role in Modulating Human Behaviors Relevant to Mating and Parenting

FR Luberti, JM Carré - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
Testosterone (T) is linked to human mating and parenting. Here, we comprehensively
reviewed evidence on whether, in men and women, 1) basal T levels are related to mating …