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- Title
Promiscuity in an evolved pair-bonding system: Mating within and outside the Pleistocene box.
- Authors
Miller, Lynn Carol; Pedersen, William C.; Putcha-Bhagavatula, Anila
- Abstract
Across mammals, when fathers matter; as they did for hunter- gatherers, sex-similar pair-bonding mechanisms evolve, Attachment fertility theory can explain Schmitt's and other findings as resulting from a system of mechanisms affording pair-bonding in which promiscuous seeking is part. Departures from hunter-gatherer environments (e.g., early menarche, delayed marriage) can alter dating trajectories, thereby impacting mating outside of pair-bonds.
- Subjects
MAMMALS; ANIMAL sexual behavior; SEXUAL psychology; HUNTERS; ATTACHMENT behavior; FERTILITY
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 2, p290
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X05370051