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 …

This chapter reviews cross‐species and cross‐cultural evidence regarding the mating
strategies and specialized mating psychologies that may be fundamental to humans …

The recent incorporation of sexual selection theories into the rubric of evolutionary
psychology has produced an important framework from which to examine human mating …

Mating is close to the engine of the evolutionary process—differential reproductive success.
As descendants of reproductively successful ancestors, modern humans have inherited the …

Evolutionary psychologists explore the adaptive function of traits and behaviors that
characterize modern Homo sapiens. However, evolutionary psychologists have yet to …

Recent evidence seems to call into question long-established findings of sex differences in
sexuality, such as differences in mate preferences and desires for casual sex. In this article …

Imagine a world in which people had no mate preferences. Mate selection would be
random. Each person would have a equal probability of mating with everyone else, and no …

This article proposes a contextual-evolutionary theory of human mating strategies. Both men
and women are hypothesized to have evolved distinct psychological mechanisms that …

Different authors have proposed competing evolutionary theories of human mating. Some
argue that both sexes are designed to pursue a singular long‐term mating strategy. Others …

The operational sex ratio—the ratio of men to women in a given population—affects a range
of social processes. The current research demonstrates that biased sex ratios (greater …