Human reproductive behavior, life history, and the challenge hypothesis: a 30-year review, retrospective and future directions

PB Gray, AA Straftis, BM Bird, TS McHale… - Hormones and Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Challenge Hypothesis (Wingfield et al., 1990) originally focused on adult male
avian testosterone elevated in response to same-sex competition in reproductive contexts …

Plasticity of the paternal brain: Effects of fatherhood on neural structure and function

ND Horrell, MC Acosta… - Developmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Care of infants is a hallmark of mammals. Whereas parental care by mothers is obligatory for
offspring survival in virtually all mammals, fathers provide care for their offspring in only an …

A meta-analysis of the association between male dimorphism and fitness outcomes in humans

LH Lidborg, CP Cross, LG Boothroyd - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Humans are sexually dimorphic: men and women differ in body build and composition,
craniofacial structure, and voice pitch, likely mediated in part by developmental testosterone …

Evidence for an adolescent sensitive period to family experiences influencing adult male testosterone production

LT Gettler, S Rosenbaum, PX Kuo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Across vertebrates, testosterone is an important mediator of reproductive trade-offs, shaping
how energy and time are devoted to parenting versus mating/competition. Based on early …

[HTML][HTML] Are skewed sex ratios associated with violent crime? A longitudinal analysis using Swedish register data

A Filser, K Barclay, A Beckley, C Uggla… - Evolution and human …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is widespread concern in both the popular and academic literature that a surplus of
men in a population intensifies mating competition between men, particularly unpartnered …

Individual testosterone decline and future mortality risk in men

SA Holmboe, NE Skakkebæk, A Juul… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective Male aging is characterized by a decline in testosterone (TS) levels with a
substantial variability between subjects. However, it is unclear whether differences in age …

Association of urinary organophosphate esters level with sex steroid hormones levels in adult males: a nationwide study, NHANES 2013–2014

Z Chen, S Qiu, C Zhang, Y Zhan, L Liu, Y Bao… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Exposure to environmental pollution via different mechanisms is associated
with multiple endocrine dysfunctions. Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are endocrine …

Life history and individual differences in male testosterone: mixed evidence for early environmental calibration of testosterone response to first-time fatherhood

R Corpuz, D Bugental - Hormones and Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Male testosterone (T) decreases in response to childbirth. Longitudinal support for this has
come from samples across cultures. In this study, we look at individual differences in this …

Does a man's testosterone “rebound” as dependent children grow up, or when pairbonds end? A test in Cebu, Philippines

S Rosenbaum, LT Gettler, TW McDade… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Cross‐culturally, men's T declines in response to pairbonding and fatherhood, but
less is known about what happens to T during and after life history transitions that …

Sociosexuality, testosterone, and life history status: prospective associations and longitudinal changes among men in Cebu, Philippines

LT Gettler, PX Kuo, S Rosenbaum, JL Avila… - Evolution and Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sociosexuality is defined as an individual's interest in uncommitted sexual activity and can
be measured in terms of both psychological orientations and behavioral expression. In socio …