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Risk-taking, fear, dominance, and testosterone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

John Archer
John Archer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, Englandj.archer@uclan.ac.uk www.vclan.ac.uk
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Abstract

Campbell's analysis of the evolution of human sex differences to include selection pressures on the female is generally welcomed. This commentary raises some specific issues about the evidence cited: the impact of paternal death on survival prospects; a possible mechanism underlying a sex difference in fear; the selective advantage of dominance hierarchies; and the absence of evidence that testosterone causes human aggression.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 214 - 215
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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