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In memoriam: Helen E. Fisher
Evolutionary anthropologist Helen Elizabeth Fisher passed away on Saturday August 17th, 2024, in New York City, following ...
Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study
Volume 46, Issue 3, May 2025, 106674Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , …AbstractAcross s...
People who are more likely to die care less about the future: Life insurance risk ratings predict personality
Individuals at higher risk of death are expected to prioritize near-term benefits over delayed benefits (Wilson & Daly...
The ecological approach to culture
The field of evolutionary social sciences is founded on the principle that evolutionary biology provides valuable tools fo...
Within-species variation eclipses between-species differences in Pan consolation
Volume 46, Issue 3, May 2025, 106682Author links open overlay panel, , , , AbstractEmpathy and its subcomponents are well ...
The origins of darkness: An evolutionary-developmental integration of Dark traits with the HEXACO
Volume 46, Issue 3, May 2025, 106689Author links open overlay panel, , AbstractExploitative, selfish behavior has been a t...
Early hominins and the reversal of dominance hierarchy
The last common ancestor (LCA) of chimpanzees and humans lived in a dominance hierarchy: high-ranking bullies used strengt...
The evolution of war and its cognitive foundations
Coalitional aggression evolved because it allowed the participants to promote their fitness by gaining access to disputed,...
Evidence and conceptual models for the evolution of war: a response to Glowacki (2024) and Fry (2025)
According to Fry, archaeological evidence indicates that war arises by two main pathways: agriculture, and the “forager co...
Owing others: debt, welfare tradeoffs, and the social emotions
Volume 46, Issue 4, July 2025, 106690Author links open overlay panel, AbstractBorrowing money – whether from informal or f...
Multivariate mate choice constrains mate preference evolution
Volume 46, Issue 4, July 2025, 106694Author links open overlay panel, AbstractMate preferences are ideals or standards bel...
Ecological theory and the conundrums of culture
The ecological approach to culture is most welcome as a theory that encompasses cultural legacies, environmental condition...
Using inclusive fitness and eco-evolutionary theory to model cultural evolution
Volume 46, Issue 4, July 2025, 106693Author links open overlay panel, AbstractBaumard and André (2025) have suggested that...