Comments on: Principles of Evolutionary Psychology http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/ Gender Liberation Beyond Feminism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Education here http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-7077 Education here Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:32:25 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-7077 <strong>Education here...</strong> [...]Principles of Evolutionary Psychology[...]... Education here…

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]]> By: tonia http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-5848 tonia Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:35:39 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-5848 Men are no longer regularly attracted by the facial beauty of a woman, rather they also go for women, whom they know will accept thier temperament and stick to them. Women who will give them respect as the head of the family and encourage them when things are not too rossy for them. This simply means that men equally search carefully for a woman to make thier wife. Men are no longer regularly attracted by the facial beauty of a woman, rather they also go for women, whom they know will accept thier temperament and stick to them. Women who will give them respect as the head of the family and encourage them when things are not too rossy for them. This simply means that men equally search carefully for a woman to make thier wife.

]]> By: Risk Aversion Strongly Correlated to Testosterone Levels | MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 Risk Aversion Strongly Correlated to Testosterone Levels | MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:10:41 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1822 [...] Studies from the field of evolutionary psychology [...] [...] Studies from the field of evolutionary psychology [...]

]]> By: Risk aversion strongly correlated to testosterone levels http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 Risk aversion strongly correlated to testosterone levels Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:35:26 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1700 [...] Studies from the field of evolutionary psychology [...] [...] Studies from the field of evolutionary psychology [...]

]]> By: Interesting research on mate selection http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Interesting research on mate selection Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:22:25 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1656 [...] why men don’t have the same pattern when choosing a partner. Unless, of course, we turn to evolutionary psychology for an [...] [...] why men don’t have the same pattern when choosing a partner. Unless, of course, we turn to evolutionary psychology for an [...]

]]> By: Cross-cultural personality traits http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Cross-cultural personality traits Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:24:58 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1614 [...] Studying evolutionary psychology [...] [...] Studying evolutionary psychology [...]

]]> By: Pelle Billing http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 Pelle Billing Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:38:35 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1396 Hi Katie! Yes, I read that link after you posted it on Facebook. It makes a good case for the "flexibility and adaptability" aspect of being human. However, I don't think that aspect and evo psych need to be mutually exclusive. OTOH, I'm well aware that many claims of evo psych still lack hard biological proof. Hi Katie! Yes, I read that link after you posted it on Facebook. It makes a good case for the “flexibility and adaptability” aspect of being human. However, I don’t think that aspect and evo psych need to be mutually exclusive. OTOH, I’m well aware that many claims of evo psych still lack hard biological proof.

]]> By: Katie Heikkinen http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Katie Heikkinen Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:04:27 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1394 Hi Pelle! Durwin linked to your site so here I am. Just wanted to post this article to you (I also posted it on Facebook). Must read as far as I'm concerned: http://www.newsweek.com/id/202789 Hi Pelle! Durwin linked to your site so here I am. Just wanted to post this article to you (I also posted it on Facebook). Must read as far as I’m concerned:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/202789

]]> By: Jim http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 Jim Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:06:47 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1381 "Final point is that how many gay people have you heard had sex with the opposite sex before they realised it wasn’t for them? " Lots. Lots get married to opposite sex people at soem point. In humans, there may be a range of gentic distribution as far as homosexuality goes. It may present in groups that have lived in harsh environments for long enough to condition selction, as a way to increase the ratio of adults to children. i don't know if anyon has studied t form that angel, but given the cultural status of homosexauls in many North American cultures, there may be something to it. “Final point is that how many gay people have you heard had sex with the opposite sex before they realised it wasn’t for them? ”

Lots. Lots get married to opposite sex people at soem point.

In humans, there may be a range of gentic distribution as far as homosexuality goes. It may present in groups that have lived in harsh environments for long enough to condition selction, as a way to increase the ratio of adults to children. i don’t know if anyon has studied t form that angel, but given the cultural status of homosexauls in many North American cultures, there may be something to it.

]]> By: Jim http://www.pellebilling.com/2009/07/principles-of-evolutionary-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Jim Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:02:43 +0000 http://www.pellebilling.com/?p=1281#comment-1380 "Jim, I agree that high parental male investment is a key mating strategy for humans (as I wrote in the post). However, even if fathering a bastard child leads to much lower levels of reproductive success, this is cancelled out by the low cost of doing so (in historical times at least, not in present times in many countries)." All true, Pelle, and it gets more complicated than that. If a bastard turns out to be a strong contributor to the family, that enhances the father's biological children's chances, so in the end he is an evolutionary winner. This explains adoption/kidnapping/slave-taking behavior in a lot of societies. Eastern Woodlands societies (North America) conducted what they called "Mourning Wars" - wars to kidnap children from other tribes, including the English at the time, to replenish losses from epidemics or hard winters. "I’m sorry, but I’m just not much of a fan of group selection. I know there are biologists who do believe in it, but I just don’t get it." It's about the best explanation going for the evolution of species where only one female per colony breeds and all the others work to support her. And there are hundreds of species in two separate orders who use this strategy, so it's obviously very successful, and I don't see any other explanantion for how it arose other than some form of group selection. “Jim, I agree that high parental male investment is a key mating strategy for humans (as I wrote in the post). However, even if fathering a bastard child leads to much lower levels of reproductive success, this is cancelled out by the low cost of doing so (in historical times at least, not in present times in many countries).”

All true, Pelle, and it gets more complicated than that. If a bastard turns out to be a strong contributor to the family, that enhances the father’s biological children’s chances, so in the end he is an evolutionary winner. This explains adoption/kidnapping/slave-taking behavior in a lot of societies. Eastern Woodlands societies (North America) conducted what they called “Mourning Wars” - wars to kidnap children from other tribes, including the English at the time, to replenish losses from epidemics or hard winters.

“I’m sorry, but I’m just not much of a fan of group selection. I know there are biologists who do believe in it, but I just don’t get it.”

It’s about the best explanation going for the evolution of species where only one female per colony breeds and all the others work to support her. And there are hundreds of species in two separate orders who use this strategy, so it’s obviously very successful, and I don’t see any other explanantion for how it arose other than some form of group selection.

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