Like last week, I’ll explain some concepts:
Sexual selection theory1 Darwin (1871) / Parental investment theory2 Trivers (1972)
Fisherian Runaway3 Fisher (1930) / Handicap principle4 Grafen (1990);Zahavi (1975);Zahavi & Zahavi (1999)
Inter- and intra-sexual selection
Sexual Strategies Theory5 Buss & Schmitt (1993)
Sociosexuality6 Simpson & Gangestad (1992)
Sperm and egg
Which 3 things did you spot?
What would be a major criticism of this approach?
Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (1993). Sexual strategies theory: An evolutionary perspective on human mating. Psychological Review, 100(2), 204–232. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.100.2.204
Darwin, C. (1871). The descent of man and selection in relation to sex. John Murray.
Fisher, R. A. (1930). The genetical theory of natural selection. Clarendon Press.
Grafen, A. (1990). Biological signals as handicaps. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 144(4), 517–546. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5193(05)80088-8
Simpson, J. A., & Gangestad, S. W. (1992). Sociosexuality and Romantic Partner Choice [Article]. Journal of Personality, 60(1), 31–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1992.tb00264.x
Trivers, R. L. (1972). Parental investment and sexual selection. In B. Campbell (Ed.), Sexual selection and the descent of man (pp. 136–179). Aldine de Gruyter.
Zahavi, A. (1975). Mate selection—A selection for a handicap. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 53(1), 205–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(75)90111-3
Zahavi, A., & Zahavi, A. (1999). The handicap principle: A missing piece of Darwin’s puzzle. Oxford University Press.