Revising Evolutionary Narratives
A Consideration of Alternative Assumptions About Sexual Selection and Competition for Mates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2456826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Elizabeth Hamilton (National Audubon Society, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 651-662 |
| Publication date | 1984-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1984.86.3.02a00070 |
| OpenAlex | W1982257219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 37 |
Evolutionary narratives about the adaptive significance of human sexuality often assume that human female sexual traits evolved because females had to compete for mates and depended on male-provisioned food. In contrast, biological theory predicts that males are more likely to compete for females. While competition among both sexes is clearly a feature of modern social life, the factors that created female dependency and competition are relatively recent developments.M. E. HAMILTON is Regional Representative, National Audubon Society. Central Midwest Regional Office. Michigan City. IN 46360
Biology · Competition (biology · Human sexuality · Mate choice · Narrative · Natural selection · Provisioning · Sexual selection · Sociology · Demography · Ecology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Studies · Plant and animal studies
Sex, evolution, and behavior
Sociobiology and behavior
Female of the Species
The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm
The Origin of Man
The Units of Selection
Social semantics
The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
Toward an anthropology of women.
Women and men
A Theory of the Origin of the State
Parental Investment and Sexual Selection
The adaptive significance of cultural behavior
Human behavior and the behavior of other animals
Women in Evolution. Part I
Male-female residence arrangements and political power in human hunter-gatherers
Mate selection among second generation kibbutz adolescents and adults
Physical Anthropology
Women's Status in Egalitarian Society
My Brother's Keeper
A N ote on t he D ivision of L abor by S ex 1
Human Evolution
The Netsilik Eskimo
Sociobiology
The Use and Abuse of Biology
Human Evolution
Revising Evolutionary Narratives
Women's Status in Egalitarian Society
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2011 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |