Evolution and Human Behavior: Darwinian Perspectives On Human Nature

By Satoshi Kanazawa. Politics and the life sciences, 2000

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Student athletes claim to have more sexual partners than other students (2004, unknown): “At least for males, this number was an important component of expected fitness in past environments (Pérusse, 1993), and in both sexes, the number of partners is correlated with attractiveness (Taylor & Glenn, 1976; for reviews, see Buss, 1999; Cartwright, 2000).”
No enhanced recognition memory, but better source memory for faces of cheaters ! (2009, background): “…evolutionary psychology handbooks and textbooks (e.g., Burnstein, 2005; Buss, 2004; Cartwright, 2000; Cummins, 2005; Gaulin & McBurney, 2001; Palmer & Palmer, 2002) and has been interpreted as evidence in favor of social contract theory (e.g., Buss, 2004; Cartwright, 2000; Mealey et al., 1996).”
The Psychobiological Model: Towards a New Theory of Computer-Mediated Communication Based on Darwinian Evolution (2004, background): “For example, as our species congregated in larger and larger social groups (Cartwright 2000, Dunbar 1993), new cultural mechanisms must have been developed to maintain a certain amount of group cohesion and social order.”
Media richness or media naturalness? The evolution of our biological communication apparatus and its influence on our behavior toward E-communication tools (2005, background): “to exchange information and knowledge among ourselves [33], [36].”