The Ape That Thought It Was a Peacock: Does Evolutionary Psychology Exaggerate Human Sex Differences?

Did sexual selection shape human music? Testing predictions from the sexual selection hypothesis of music evolution using a large genetically informative sample of over 10,000 twins

“…To the extent that women have been more choosy than men (see Stewart-Williams & Thomas, 2013 and commentaries for a discussion), the link between sexual display and mating success could be expected to be stronger in men.…”

Mate choice, mate preference, and biological markets: the relationship between partner choice and health preference is modulated by women's own attractiveness

“…A key assumption of these studies is that preferences obtained through self-report or by judging the attractiveness of unfamiliar individuals will, to some extent, reflect actual partner choice. However, since mate choice in humans is mutual (Roberts & Havlíček, 2013;Stewart-Williams & Thomas, 2013) and constrained by the availability of potential partners (Perrett et al, 2002;Pollet & Nettle, 2009), preference for certain characteristics in laboratory studies may not necessarily predict choice of a real-life partner with those characteristics.…”

Adaptive workarounds

“…Attachment bonds would have increased reproductive success in early Homo by promoting intersexual cooperation and encouraging paternal investment in offspring [16,17].…”