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The ape that kicked the hornet's nest: Response to commentaries on "The Ape that Thought It Was a Peacock"

Steve Stewart-Williams, Andrew Thomas Orcid Logo

Psychological Inquiry, Volume: 24, Pages: 248 - 271

Swansea University Authors: Steve Stewart-Williams, Andrew Thomas Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/1047840X.2013.823831

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We respond to the commentaries on our target article, The Ape that Thought It Was a Peacock. We start with specific issues raised by the article. These relate to the magnitude of human sex differences; the evolution and relative importance of pair bonding, paternal care, and polygyny in our species;...

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description We respond to the commentaries on our target article, The Ape that Thought It Was a Peacock. We start with specific issues raised by the article. These relate to the magnitude of human sex differences; the evolution and relative importance of pair bonding, paternal care, and polygyny in our species; and the distinction between the males-compete/females-choose (MCFC) model of human sexual psychology and the mutual mate choice (MMC) model. We then evaluate two competing theories of human sex differences and similarities: Social Role Theory and Attachment Fertility Theory. We conclude with some thoughts about how to present and teach evolutionary psychological research and theories without conveying an exaggerated impression of the scale of human sex differences.
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