The association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and pubertal timing has
been a topic of enduring controversy. A systematic search of PubMed and Web of Science …

Purposes This review is to challenge current concepts of women's reproduction with its
cultural over-emphasis on estrogen and positive actions, while progesterone tends to be …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

The current paper synthesizes theory and data from the field of life history (LH) evolution to
advance a new developmental theory of variation in human LH strategies. The theory posits …

Background Childhood abuse is associated with increased adult disease risk, suggesting
that processes acting over the long-term, such as epigenetic regulation of gene activity, may …

Is the absence of biological fathers related to their daughters' earlier age at menarche?
Drawing on evolutionary psychology and life history theory, prior research has suggested …

Children, particularly girls, who experience early familial adversity tend to go on to reach
sexual maturity relatively early. This feature of adolescent development is believed to be an …

Potential pathways from childhood sexual abuse (CSA) to subsequent romantic intimacy
problems were examined in a prospective longitudinal study of 160 ethnically diverse youth …

We examine “subjective weathering” among females entering adulthood, using three waves
of a national study. Subjective weathering is a social psychological component of aging that …

A challenge to the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes—and its
connections to racial violence in America—that encourages positive, nonviolent discipline …