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Adaptive developmental plasticity might not contribute much to the adaptiveness of reproductive strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Lars Penke
Lars Penke
Affiliation:
MRC Center for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, United Kingdom. lars.penke@ed.ac.ukhttp://www.larspenke.eu
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Abstract

Del Giudice's model belongs among those that highlight the role of adaptive developmental plasticity in human reproductive strategies; but at least three other forms of evolutionary adaptation also influence reproductive behavior. Similar to earlier models, the existing evidence suggests that Del Giudice's hypothesized effects are rather weak. In particular, adult attachment styles are hardly predictive of outcomes visible to natural selection.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 38 - 39
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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