Sexual selection and human life history

Geary, David C.

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Sexual selection and human life history

Geary, David C.·2003·Advances in Child Development and Behavior

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The paper states that human males and females differ predictably in life history-related strategies and that men tend to invest more in mating and less in parenting than women.
“In most species, males tend to engage in higher mating effort and lower parental effort than females (Geary, 2002; Kokko and Jennions, 2008; Trivers, 1972).”
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In most species, males tend to invest more in mating effort and less in parental effort than females.
“In most species, males tend to engage in higher mating effort and lower parental effort than females”
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Authors: Geary, D. C.
Affiliations: University of Missouri (US)
Corresponding author: Geary, David C.
ORCID: Geary, David C.
Venue: Advances in Child Development and Behavior
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2003
Volume: 30
Pages: 41-101
ISSN: 0065-2407 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2407(02)80039-8
OpenAlex: W11721958
Cited by: 136
References: 330
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 19.65
Type: book chapter
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Advances in child development and behavior (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Keywords: sexual selection, human life history, human evolution, mate choice, reproductive strategies
MeSH terms: Animals, Competitive Behavior, Biological Evolution, Female, Humans, Male, Phenotype, Selection, Genetic, Sexual Behavior, Sex Preselection

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