Evolutionary theory and the human family

JN Davis, M Daly - The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1997 - journals.uchicago.edu
Emlen's (1995) paper" An evolutionary theory of the family" reviewed existing ideas about
the nature of family systems and the reasons why they have evolved in certain animal …

Reproductive preferences and contraceptive use: a comparison of monogamous and polygamous couples in northern Malawi

A Baschieri, J Cleland, S Floyd, A Dube… - Journal of biosocial …, 2013 - cambridge.org
There is now widespread agreement on the importance of men's role in reproductive
decision-making. Several studies have argued that fertility preferences and their translation …

Mating system change reduces the strength of sexual selection in an American frontier population of the 19th century

JA Moorad, DEL Promislow, KR Smith… - Evolution and Human …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sexual selection, or competition among members of one sex for reproductive access to the
other, is one of the strongest and fastest evolutionary processes. Comparative studies …

Does polygyny reduce fertility?

SC Josephson - American Journal of Human Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Polygyny can increase, decrease, or have no effect on fertility. Understanding how this can
occur requires consideration of both the proximate determinants of fertility and the ultimate …

[HTML][HTML] Polygyny and fertility in rural Senegal

S Lardoux, E Van de Walle - Population, 2003 - cairn.info
Résumé L'objectif de cette étude est d'examiner certains déterminants des différences de
fécondité entre les femmes vivant en union monogame et les femmes vivant en union …

Polygyny and fertility among the Shipibo of the Peruvian Amazon

WM Hern - Population Studies, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
This report describes a study of the fertility experience of an Amazon Indian tribe that has
shown evidence of having the highest documented fertility of any human group. The …

Multi-level sexual selection: individual and family-level selection for mating success in a historical human population

JA Moorad - Evolution, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Precopulatory sexual selection is the association between fitness and traits associated with
mate acquisition. Although sexual selection is generally recognized to be a powerful …

Lords of creation: polygamy, the Abrahamic household, and Mormon patriarchy

BC Hardy - Journal of Mormon History, 1994 - JSTOR
Nineteenth-centurylatter-day Saint thought was profoundly patriarchal. This essay seeks to
recapitulate Mormonism's rhe torical idiom on the subject and to suggest that inspiration for …

Polygamie et fécondité en milieu rural sénégalais

S Lardoux, É Van de Walle - Population, 2003 - shs.cairn.info
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Demographic collapse

WS Bainbridge - Futures, 2009 - Elsevier
If nothing else kills it first, the human species could become extinct in a thousand years,
simply for failure to reproduce at a sufficient rate to offset the natural deaths of individuals …