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Prosocial behavior as sexual signaling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2017

Gilbert Roberts
Gilbert Roberts*
Affiliation:
Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4LX, United Kingdom. gilbert.roberts@ncl.ac.ukhttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/ion/staff/profile/gilbertroberts.html
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Abstract

Maestripieri et al. provide an important service in highlighting prosocial biases toward attractive people from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Here I comment on the conceptual and critical side of their review of evolutionary psychology studies. I propose that further work should be focused on understanding the role of signaling in prosocial behavior.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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