Inferring the relative rank (ie, status) of others is essential to navigating social hierarchies. A
survey of the expanding social psychological and neuroscience literatures on status reveals …

Humans are highly sexually dimorphic primates, and some of the most conspicuous human
sex differences occur in the face and voice. Consequently, this article utilizes research …

This chapter is one of a pair (see also Ferguson, chapter 11) that challenge the idea that
deadly intergroup violence has been common enough in our species, evolutionary history to …

Women wearing cosmetics have been associated with a higher earning potential and higher
status jobs. However, recent literature suggests that status can be accrued through two …

Third party punishment can be evolutionarily stable if there is heterogeneity in the cost of
punishment or if punishers receive a reputational benefit from their actions. A dominant …

Vocal communication is important in many mammals, including many nonhuman primates,
but in no species is it more important than in humans. Given the relevance of vocal …

Social groups are organized along dominance hierarchies, which determine how we
respond to threats posed by dominant and subordinate others. The persuasive impact of …

Many studies show mate choice copying effects on mate preferences in non-human species
in which individuals follow or copy the mate choices of same-sex conspecifics. Recent …

Although the study of signals has been part of human behavioral ecology since the field's
inception, 1 only recently has signaling theory become important to the evolutionary study of …

It has recently been proposed that dominance perceptions in men function, at least in part, to
reduce the potential costs of within-sex competition for resources, and that sensitivity to cues …