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- Male and female ornamentation will be positively associated with socially-imposed monogamy (469, 485).Low, Bobbi S. - Sexual selection and human ornamentation, 1979 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the role of male and female ornamentation. Several hypotheses concerning mating systems and ornamentation are empirically tested; several are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Male and female ornamentation should be low in ecologically monogamous societies (469).Low, Bobbi S. - Sexual selection and human ornamentation, 1979 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the role of male and female ornamentation. Several hypotheses concerning mating systems and ornamentation are empirically tested; several are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Mated females will be less ornamented and male ornamentation will vary by puberty, wealth, or power (469).Low, Bobbi S. - Sexual selection and human ornamentation, 1979 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the role of male and female ornamentation. Several hypotheses concerning mating systems and ornamentation are empirically tested; several are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - In ecologically monogamous societies, male and female ornaments will be equally discriminating about within-sex status (485).Low, Bobbi S. - Sexual selection and human ornamentation, 1979 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the role of male and female ornamentation. Several hypotheses concerning mating systems and ornamentation are empirically tested; several are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Ornamentation will occur in all societies and will differ between the sexes (469).Low, Bobbi S. - Sexual selection and human ornamentation, 1979 - 2 Variables
This chapter examines the role of male and female ornamentation. Several hypotheses concerning mating systems and ornamentation are empirically tested; several are supported.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Pathogen stress is positively associated with the signalling of fitness (116).Low, Bobbi S. - Pathogen stress and polygyny in humans, 1987 - 2 Variables
This study tests the association between pathogen risk and degree of polygyny and sexual advertisement. Results show that the greater the risk of serious pathogens, the greater the degree of polygyny. The correlation between pathogen risk and sexual signals is only marginally significant. An association between mate choice and resource control is also examined.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Where serious pathogens are prevalent and severe, there will likely be increased polygyny (116).Low, Bobbi S. - Pathogen stress and polygyny in humans, 1987 - 2 Variables
This study tests the association between pathogen risk and degree of polygyny and sexual advertisement. Results show that the greater the risk of serious pathogens, the greater the degree of polygyny. The correlation between pathogen risk and sexual signals is only marginally significant. An association between mate choice and resource control is also examined.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Degree of polygyny, as well as the degree of non-sororal polygyny, will be positively related to pathogen stress (239).Low, Bobbi S. - Human responses to environmental extremeness and uncertainty: a cross-cultur..., 1988 - 2 Variables
This article focuses on the effect of environmental extremes and unpredictability on human behavior and reproductive strategies. Significant correlations were found between environmental extremes and unpredictability and several variables, including mobility, subsistence mode, and degree of polygyny.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The degree of polygyny will be greatest in fluctuating environments and least in predictably constant environments (238).Low, Bobbi S. - Human responses to environmental extremeness and uncertainty: a cross-cultur..., 1988 - 2 Variables
This article focuses on the effect of environmental extremes and unpredictability on human behavior and reproductive strategies. Significant correlations were found between environmental extremes and unpredictability and several variables, including mobility, subsistence mode, and degree of polygyny.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Severity of male ritual costs will be positively associated with polygyny (277).Power, Camilla - 'Beauty magic': Deceptive sexual signalling and the evolution of ritual, 1999 - 2 Variables
The author attempts to evaluate a model adaptive ritual in a sample of sub-Saharan African groups in which ritual cosmetic decoration acts as a costly signal of coalition membership and sexual fitness. The prediction is that, according to sexual selection theory, male ritual signalling will be more extreme in societies with more inter-male competition, while severity of female ritual signalling will be associated with greater need to establish costs that protect against the danger of free riders. The prediction is supported by two tests which proxy inter-male competition by degree of polygny, and threat of free riders by population density.
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