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Saad G. & Vongas J. (2009) What bling really does to you1 comment

Ben wrote 5 days ago: Saad, Gad and John G. Vongas (2009) The effect of conspicuous consumption on men’s testosterone leve … more →

Tags: Reading Notes, Theory, Amotz Zahavi, Behavioral Economics, Car, Conspicuous Consumption, Evolutionary Psychology, neuroeconomics, Porsche

Size Does Matter

Sharmishta wrote 1 week ago: Most women would agree, size does matter! In the animal kingdom, too, we have been convinced that si … more →

Tags: Evolution, female choice, mate selection, Mountain Goats

Badge of status in drills (Mandrillus leucophaeus)1 comment

Beast Ape wrote 2 weeks ago: The upcoming special issue of International Journal of Primatology includes a number of interesting … more →

Tags: Biology, primatology, Animal Behavior, coloration, badge of status, female choice, Drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus

Female Choice: Another Look at Sexual Selection

Sharmishta wrote 3 weeks ago: Mating is a costly affair for every species in the animal kingdom, be it for the male or the female. … more →

Tags: Evolution, mating, Investment, female choice, copulation, Beetles, Peacocks

Huh - 11/02/091 comment

hilarysk wrote 4 weeks ago: SEED MAGAZINE: “The Gay Animal Kingdom” “Joan Roughgarden thinks Charles Darwin ma … more →

Tags: huh?, Darwin, Gay Animals, genetics theory, Homosexuality, Joan Roughgarden, Lesbian, Seed Magazine

Sexual Selection

Sharmishta wrote 1 month ago: A long while back I came across an article that talked about animal homosexuality. Nothing new in th … more →

Tags: Evolution, sexual traits, Investment, Cost, Danger, predation, mating success

Skepticism is good, but... 30 comments

zinjanthropus wrote 1 month ago: Well-informed skepticism is the best! Earlier this week, Eric Michael Johnson drew my attention to a … more →

Tags: Fossils, Bones in the News, Ardipithecus ramidus

Genital Morphology and Social System7 comments

zinjanthropus wrote 1 month ago: In primates, it has been noticed that if you live in a competitive mating system and you’re a … more →

Midweek roundup

Kristina wrote 1 month ago: Because posts will trickle in roughly once a week I think it’s only fair to bring up some of t … more →

Tags: Roundups, Zac Efron, sex, Depression, id, Crow, Corvus, Black Hole, artificial black hole

What Christians and Darwinists Agree On--And Are Both Wrong About26 comments

John Shore wrote 1 month ago: An accepted truth that informs a great deal of the way about which Christianity has always been thou … more →

Tags: Christianity, Darwin, Darwinists, Evolution, Fall of man, Fallen Man, God, male sexuality, man's depraved sexuality

Cless Alvein on sex drive(s)8 comments

novaseeker wrote 2 months ago: Cless Alvein, a new blogger in the manosphere, has written a very insightful and interesting post to … more →

Tags: Culture, Feminism, Game

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bizygomatic wrote 2 months ago: I’m trying to set up this blog along the lines of a weekly discussion group. Every week I … more →

Tags: Trust, Evolution, Face, Cooperation

Monogamy in Voles

zinjanthropus wrote 2 months ago: Part of being an anthropologist is trying to figure out what exactly it is about humans that makes u … more →

Tags: Physiology

ageing in crickets (male versus female)

druse wrote 3 months ago: A recent study by Alexei Maklakov and colleagues showed differences in ageing between male and femal … more →

Tags: ageing, Invertebrates, ageing female, ageing male, Crickets, female ageing, male ageing, sex, sexual reproduction

What do beetles, cuttlefish, and orangutans all have in common?1 comment

zinjanthropus wrote 4 months ago: Alternative mating strategies! When we learn about sexual selection theory, we usually learn about i … more →

Bats in my house!1 comment

zinjanthropus wrote 4 months ago: Last night, I was sleeping soundly.  I don’t have AC, so the windows were open and my ceiling … more →

Tags: bats

Blinking twice at Carl Zimmer

JR Minkel wrote 5 months ago: I have to thank Carl Zimmer, science writer extraordinaire, for restoring a bit of my sense of wonde … more →

Tags: Evolution, fireflies, Carl Zimmer

Height isn't everything2 comments

jenapincott wrote 5 months ago: Two inflammatory points in BLONDES are: 1. Women tend to have a same-race bias in marriage. This is … more →

Tags: News, do gentlemen really prefer blondes?, Race, Interracial Dating

Meggan Mallone - Mars and Venus

hiddenhistory wrote 6 months ago: Meggan Mallone is now Meggan Powers? Name change announced on Vivid site last week. It's interes … more →

Tags: Beauty, Brunettes, Darwinism, Evolution, Mathematics of Beauty, procreation, Blog, Come Up to Beauty, contract girls


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