• The social construction of human nature
    In Elizabeth Hannon & Tim Lewens (eds.), Why We Disagree About Human Nature, Oxford University Press. 2018.
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    Comment: Beyond "Evolutionary versus Social": Moving the Cycle Shift Debate Forward
    with Catharine P. Cross, Sally E. Street, and Charlotte O. Brand
    Emotion Review 6 (3): 250-251. 2014.
    Wood, Kressel, Joshi, and Louie thoroughly evaluate the evidence for menstrual cycle shifts in ratings of several male characteristics and conclude that their analyses fail to provide supportive evidence for consistent cycle effects. The topic of menstrual cycle shifts in mate preferences has been strongly debated, with disagreements over both scientific content and practice. Here, we attempt to take a step back from these acrimonious exchanges and focus instead on how to interpret menstrual cyc…Read more
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    Sometimes an Orgasm is Just an Orgasm
    with Erika Lorraine Milam, Stefan Linquist, Steve Fuller, and Elisabeth A. Lloyd
    Metascience 15 (3): 399-435. 2006.
    I should like to offer my greatest thanks to Paul Griffiths for providing the opportunity for this exchange, and to commentators Gillian Brown, Steven Fuller, Stefan Linquist, and Erika Milam for their generous and thought-provoking comments. I shall do my best in this space to respond to some of their concerns.
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    Evolutionary accounts of human behavioural diversity introduction
    with Thomas E. Dickins, Rebecca Sear, and Kevin N. Laland
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366 (156): 313-324. 2011.
    Human beings persist in an extraordinary range of ecological settings, in the process exhibiting enormous behavioural diversity, both within and between populations. People vary in their social, mating and parental behaviour and have diverse and elaborate beliefs, traditions, norms and institutions. The aim of this theme issue is to ask whether, and how, evolutionary theory can help us to understand this diversity. In this introductory article, we provide a background to the debate surrounding h…Read more
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    Tolerated scrounging in nonhuman primates
    Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27 (4): 562-563. 2004.
    Gurven suggests that the tolerated scrounging model has limited relevance for explaining patterns of food transfers in human populations. However, this conclusion is based on a restricted interpretation of the tolerated scrounging model proposed originally by Blurton Jones (1987). Examples of food transfers in nonhuman primates illustrate that the assumptions of Gurven's tolerated scrounging model are open to question.
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    This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world.