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Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Gangestad, Steven W.Pathogen prevalence and human mate preferences
Eckhardt, WilliamPrimitive militarism
Carter, Tara-LynMale aggressiveness as intrasexual contest competition in a cross-cultural sample

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Main AuthorHypothesis
Eckhardt, William"African cultures were positively related to military glory [militarism] and war preparations, while East Eurasian cultues were negatively related to warfare and sadism" (57).
Gangestad, Steven W.Ratings of the importance of attractiveness as a criterion of mate choice will be related to pathogen prevalence across cultures (90).
Carter, Tara-LynThere is a positive association between male aggression and societies with polygyny and a high variance in the number of wives.
Carter, Tara-LynThere is an association between male aggressiveness and biased sex ratios.
Carter, Tara-LynAggression is lower in societies where males show greater subsistence effort.

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