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 …

In the literature on human mate choice, masculine facial morphology is often proposed to be
an intersexual signal of heritable immunocompetence, and hence an important component …

The past 200,000 years of human cultural evolution have witnessed the persistent
establishment of behaviors involving innovation, planning depth, and abstract and symbolic …

Recent formulations of sexual selection theory emphasize how mate choice can be affected
by environmental factors, such as predation risk and resource quality. Women vary greatly in …

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional
conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional …

Prevailing evolutionary approaches to human mating have largely ignored the fact that
mating decisions are heavily influenced by parents and other kin. This is significant because …

Facial hair strongly influences people's judgments of men's socio-sexual attributes.
However, the nature of these judgments is often contradictory. The levels of intermediate …

The past decade has witnessed a rapidly growing interest in the biological basis of human
mate choice. Here we review recent studies that demonstrate preferences for traits which …

This study is the first to demonstrate that features of psychopathy can be reliably and validly
detected by lay raters from “thin slices”(ie, small samples) of behavior. Brief excerpts (5 s, 10 …

When choosing a mate, women are thought to face a trade-off between genetic and parental
quality. Recent research suggests that this trade-off is influenced by environmental factors …