Session 5

What do women want?

Thomas V. Pollet ()

2020-02-28

Last week.

The evolution of (heterosexual) female mating preferences.

Like last week, I’ll explain some concepts:

Let’s recap some of last weeks’s concepts:

Other concepts:

Griskevicius et al. paper.

Miller et al. paper.

Example from Facelab.org Example from Facelab.org

Assessment.

Hands-on activity

Rhiannon Murray will talk to us about face morphing!

References

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

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.