[HTML][HTML] The sexual selection of creativity: a nomological approach

FC Novaes, JC Natividade - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cultural innovations, such as tools and other technical articles useful for survival, imply that
creativity is an outcome of evolution. However, the existence of purely ornamental items …

[HTML][HTML] Darwin's sexual selection hypothesis revisited: musicality increases sexual attraction in both sexes

MM Marin, I Rathgeber - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A number of theories about the origins of musicality have incorporated biological and social
perspectives. Darwin argued that musicality evolved by sexual selection, functioning as a …

How music-induced emotions affect sexual attraction: evolutionary implications

MM Marin, B Gingras - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
More than a century ago, Darwin proposed a putative role for music in sexual attraction (ie,
sex appeal), a hypothesis that has recently gained traction in the field of music psychology …

Distinctiveness and femininity, rather than symmetry and masculinity, affect facial attractiveness across the world

K Kleisner, P Tureček, SA Saribay, O Pavlovič… - Evolution and Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
Studies investigating facial attractiveness in humans have frequently been limited to
studying the effect of individual morphological factors in isolation from other facial shape …

[HTML][HTML] Motivations to Enhance One's Facial Hair: Affiliation, Rivalry, and Stress

M Moroń, Ł Jach, PK Jonason - Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Facial hair is a sexually dimorphic trait with potential evolutionary and sociocultural
functions. Bearded men are perceived as dominant, aggressive, and masculine, but also as …

Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Intersexual Selection

T Aung, P Conard, D Crowell, J Sanchez… - Encyclopedia of Sexual …, 2023 - Springer
Intersexual selection refers to mate choice, where organisms compete to be chosen by the
opposite sex. By using the intersexual selection framework, cross-cultural studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Self-perceived Mate Value is Predicted by Biological and self-reported Indices of Health in Young Adults

S Arnocky, B Denomme, C Hodges-Simeon… - … Human Behavior and …, 2023 - Springer
Immunocompetence can influence an organism's reproductive fitness, and thus presumably
their desirability as a mate (ie, mate value). In humans, the link between …

[PDF][PDF] How music-induced emotions

MM Marin, B Gingras - 2024 - researchgate.net
Music, besides language, is one of the main distinctive characteristics of the human species
(Benítez-Burraco and Nikolsky, 2023). Whereas language is primarily a means to …

The Question of Avian Aesthetics: An Ungendered Theory of Aesthetic Agency

LL Canonico Johnson - 2023 - diva-portal.org
The Question of Avian Aesthetics: Page 1 1 Luca Leon Canonico Johnson The Question of
Avian Aesthetics: An Ungendered Theory of Aesthetic Agency Master’s thesis in Global …

[PDF][PDF] God the Father of the Unholy Godless Trinity: Charles Darwin

M Grenier - American Journal of Biblical Theology, 2024 - biblicaltheology.com
As mentioned in the previous introductory remarks to this study, nowadays a preponderance
of trained biologists subscribe either in whole or in significant part to a form of evolutionary …