This article provides a review of evolutionary theory and empirical research on mate choices
in nonhuman species and uses it as a frame for understanding the how and why of human …

Who takes risks, and why? Does risk-taking in one context predict risk-taking in other
contexts? We seek to address these questions by considering two non-independent …

Trade-offs and constraints are inherent to life, and studies of these phenomena play a
central role in both organismal and evolutionary biology. Trade-offs can be defined …

The role of men in hunter-gatherer societies has been subject to vigorous debate over the
past 15 years. The proposal that men hunt wild game as a form of status signaling or …

Male provisioning ability may have evolved as a “good dad” indicator through sexual
selection, whereas male creativity may have evolved partly as a “good genes” indicator. If …

Physical attractiveness has been associated with mating behavior, but its role in
reproductive success of contemporary humans has received surprisingly little attention. In …

Recent evidence suggests that certain features on the human face indicate hormonal levels
during growth, and that women judge the attractiveness of potential partners based on the …

In the literature on human mate choice, masculine facial morphology is often proposed to be
an intersexual signal of heritable immunocompetence, and hence an important component …

Swami, V., Weis, L., Barron, D. and Furnham, A. 2018. Positive body image is positively
associated with hedonic (Emotional) and eudaimonic (Psychological and Social) well-being …

Self-perceived mate value is an important concept for evolutionary psychology, and yet there
has been little investigation into how it should be measured. Past research has relied upon …