Comparative perspectives on human gender development and evolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8312389 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie L Meredith (0000-0002-4937-7197, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 156 |
| Issue | S59 |
| Pages | 72-97 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.22660 |
| PMID | 25388229 |
| OpenAlex | W1598500953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 229 |
Human behavioral sex differences are ubiquitous, but the degree to which these sex differences are evolved or culturally invented is hotly contested across disciplines. A review of the human research yields strong evidence that somatic and social causes are both important in human behavioral sex differentiation, but researchers in this area struggle to agree on the relative importance of each. Understanding the social and somatic determinants of nonhuman primate sex‐typed development may shed light on the relative responsibility of social and somatic causes of human behavioral sex differentiation. A review of this research (and related research on the proximate drivers of nonhuman primate behavioral development more generally) indicates that primate behavioral sex differentiation is rooted in somatic causes, but that these are situated in and cannot be extricated from social influences. Overt gender socialization and phenomena such as gender performance seem to be uniquely human. Primate research using a dynamic systems theoretical approach to behavioral development has the greatest potential to further clarify the workings of human behavioral sex differentiation, and further primate research is indispensable for understanding the evolution of human sex‐typed behavior. Yrbk Phys Anthropol 156:72–97, 2015. © 2014 American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Biology · Evolutionary biology · Human evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
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The development of behavioural sex differences in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Development in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)
Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) social development
The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology
Social Behavior at Thirty-Three Months in Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Dyads
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Sex Differences in Aggression
Association of Anxiety-Related Traits with a Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene Regulatory Region
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The new science of cognitive sex differences
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The Influence of Sex of Child on Parental Reactions to Toddler Children
Prenatal sex hormone effects on child and adult sex-typed behavior
Emulation, imitation, over-imitation and the scope of culture for child and chimpanzee
Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? 30 years later
Affectional Response in the Infant Monkey
Behavioural Changes At Adolescence in Chimpanzees
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Costs of maternal care
Consequences of Moderate Cross-Gender Behavior in Preschool Children
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Behaviorally Based Masculine- and Feminine-Activity-Preference Scales for Preschoolers
Second to fourth digit ratio and male ability in sport
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Sex Differences in the Behavior of Children Aged Three Through 11
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Social cognitive theory of gender development and differentiation.
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Behavior and endocrine concentrations do not distinguish sex in monomorphic juvenile howlers ( Alouatta palliata )
Development and social dominance among group‐living primates
Social influences on the acquisition of sex-typical foraging patterns by juveniles in a group of wild tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus nigritus)
Sex differences in the acquisition of communicative competence by pigtail macaques ( Macaca nemestrina )
Sex differences in infant integration in a semifree‐ranging group of Barbary macaques ( Macaca sylvanus, L. 1758 ) at Salem, Germany
Sex and age differences in juvenile social priorities in female philopatric, nondespotic blue monkeys
Hormones, context, and “Brain Gender”
Teachers' Reinforcement of Sex-Preferred Behaviors in Dutch Preschools
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Baby X revisited
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A comparison of observed and reported adult-infant interactions
Influences of Social Expectations of Gender, Gender Stereotypes, and Situational Constraints on Children's Toy Choices
Origins of early sex-role development
Same-sex imitation
Parents' gender-stereotyped perceptions of Newborns
Baby X
Gender-Role Attitude Change of Young Women
Intracommunity Coalitionary Killing of an Adult Male Chimpanzee at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
Infant–Nonmother Interactions of Free-Ranging Mantled Howlers (Alouatta palliata) in Costa Rica
The social development of free-ranging infantLemur catta at Berenty reserve, Madagascar
Food calling by captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)
Sex Differences in Captive Olive Baboon Behavior During the First Fourteen Days of Life
Sex Differential Behavior of Immature Hanuman Langurs (Presbytis entellus) in Ramnagar, South Nepal
Hormones and history
The social learning theory of sex differences
Infants' responses to facial stimuli during the first year of life
Rough and tumble play
Gender-Typed Play and Amniotic Testosterone
Sex differences in vocal interaction with mother and stranger in Greek infants
Beyond the reinforcement principle
Early hormonal influences on cognitive functioning in congenital adrenal hyperplasia
The stability and consequences of young children's same-sex peer interactions
The eye of the beholder
Infant–mother attachment
The heterosexual affectional system in monkeys
Social influences on the display of sexually dimorphic behavior in rhesus monkeys
Sex Differences in Infants’ Visual Interest in Toys
Associations Among Gender-Linked Toy Preferences, Spatial Ability, and Digit Ratio
Prenatal Sex Hormones (Maternal and Amniotic Fluid) and Gender-related Play Behavior in 13-month-old Infants
An Evolutionary Perspective of Sex-Typed Toy Preferences
Differential Effects of an Adult Observer’s Presence on Sex-Typed Play Behavior
The Evolution of Sex Differences in Language, Sexuality, and Visual–Spatial Skills
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Sex differences in play among western lowland gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla ) infants
Influence of models' reinforcement contingencies on the acquisition of imitative responses
Sexing the body
Influence of gender constancy and social power on sex-linked modeling
Cranial morphology and adaptations of Palaechthon nacimienti and other paromomyidae (Plesiadapoidea, ? primates), with a description of a new genus and species
Emergence and Characterization of Sex Differences in Spatial Ability
The Female Advantage in Object Location Memory According to the Foraging Hypothesis
Sexing the baby
Sexing the baby
Sex differences in human motor activity level
Human behavioral sex differences
Myths of Gender
Performative Acts and Gender Constitution
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| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |