Hypotheses
- For both sexes, subsistence type is not associated with age at first marriage (44)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Gender of spouse predicts the type of marriage arrangement.Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Subsistence type predicts gender of decision maker in marriage arrangements (44)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Subsistence type is associated with ease of divorce (44)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - For females, marriage type and subsistence type are associated (43)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - For males, marriage type is associated with subsistence type (43)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - In agricultural societies, parents will choose the mate for their offspring (42)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Female punishment is associated with subsistence type (45)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice in agropastoral societies, 2010 - 2 Variables
Previous studies have proposed a model of sexual selection that dictates that along with female and male choice, parental choice constitutes a significant sexual selection force in our species. This article aims at examining whether this model can also account for the mating patterns typical of agricultural and pastoral societies. The hypotheses are supported by the results presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Parents will value traits differently in son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws (697).Apostolou, Menelaos - Parental choice: what parents want in a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law acr..., 2010 - 2 Variables
This article examines differences in parental preference of potential in-laws across cultures. Results suggest that parents look for traits that will benefit themselves and their kin and that gender and subsistence type affects the traits that parents deem most important.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - In hunting and gathering societies, females will be married by puberty, or earlier (406)Apostolou, Menelaos - Sexual selection under parental choice: the role of parents in the evolution..., 2007 - 2 Variables
This study reveals that in hunting and gathering societies thought to be akin to those of our ancestors, female choice is constained by the control that parents exercise over their daughters. Since parental control is the typical pattern of mate choice among extant foragers, it is likely that this pattern was also prevalent throughout human evolution.
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