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Putting people before parasites and places

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Anne Campbell
Anne Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Durham University, Science Laboratories, Durham DH1 3LE, Englanda.c.campbell@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

The strategic pluralism model depends upon pathogen prevalence and environmental hardship being independent. Evidence is presented that they are positively correlated. The rise in short-term mating strategy in the United States is better explained by changes in the operational sex ratio than by increases in pathogen prevalence. Nonetheless, in highlighting the advantages of a high-investment strategy to less attractive males, Gangestad & Simpson's model helps to clarify the dynamics of frequency-dependent selection.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 596 - 597
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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