Across cultures, taller stature is linked to increased social status, but the potential reasons
why this should be are unclear. One potential explanation is that taller individuals are more …

Humans—like many other organisms—observe others' interactions to gain useful
information about who to challenge, avoid, mate with, or cooperate with. Organisms thus …

Previous work indicates that facial width to height ratio predicts aggressive behavior,
particularly when social status is low. The current research extends these findings with …

Situations of potential agonistic conflict demand rapid and effective decision-making. The
process of threat assessment includes assessments of relative fighting capacity …

In three studies, we tested the hypothesis that men respond to intersexual and intrasexual
selection by facultatively choosing between weapon-like and ornament-like behaviors. In the …

Social and personality psychologists have accumulated an enormous corpus of data
documenting interrelationships between threat processes and ideological modes of …

It is especially exciting to be an evolutionary psychologist during this time in the history of
science. Most scientists operate within long-established paradigms. Evolutionary …

Objectives The determinants of health and mortality inequalities in New Zealand and
Australia have been subjected to research, with the influence of a range of socio-economic …

Why do we love to watch violence? And why do men seem to enjoy violent confrontations
with other men in spite of the obvious risks? Jonathan Gottschall embarks on a voyage of …

Background: Previous research has shown that holding a lethal weapon make people look
taller and physically stronger than they actually are, which suggests that height and strength …