Description: PrefaceIntroduction1: Laura Betzig: People are animalsSTUDIES OF TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES2: Alejandro Kacelnik and John Krebs: Critique: Inward and outward: mind gets at behavior, behavior at mind3: William Irons: Classic: Cultural and biological success4: William Irons: Critique: Looking back two decades5: Eric Alden Smith: Classic: Inuit foraging groups: some simple models incorporating conflicts of interest, relatedness, and central place sharing6: Eric Alden Smith: Critique: Sex is not enough7: Nicholas Blurton Jones: Classic: Bushman birth spacing: a test for optimal interbirth intervals8: Nicholas Blurton Jones: Critique: Too good to be true?9: Napoleon Chagnon: Classic: Life histories, blood revenge and warfare in a tribal population10: Critique: Sticks and stones11: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder: Classic: Kipsigis women's preferences for wealthy men: evidence for female choice in mammals?12: Monique Borgerhoff Mulder: Critique: Marrying a married man13: Kim Hill and Ana Magdalena Hurtado: Classic: The evolution of premature reproductive senescence and menopause in human females: an evaluation of the 'grandmother hypothesis'14: Kim Hill and Ana Magdalena Hurtado: Critique: How much does grandma help?STUDIES OF MODERN SOCIETIES15: Paul Sherman and Hudson Kern Reeve: Critique: Forward and backward: alternative approaches to studying human social evolution16: Martin Daly and Margo Wilson: Classic: Child abuse and other risks of not living with both parents17: Martin Daly and Margo Wilson: Critiqye: Cinderella revisited18: David Buss: Classic: Sex differences in human mate preferences: evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures19: David Buss: Critique: Just another brick in the wall20: Bruce Ellis and Donald Symons: Classic: Sex differences in sexual fantasy: an evolutionary psychological approach21: Donald Symons, Catherine Salmon and Bruce Ellis: Critique: Unobtrusive measures of human sexuality22: Donald Kenrick, Edward Sadalla, Gary Groth and Melanie Trost: Classic: Evolution, traits, and the stages of human courtship: qualifying the parental investment model23: Douglas Kenrick, Edward Sadlla, Gary Groth and Melanie Trost: Critique: Where and when are women more selective than men?24: Nancy Wilmsen Thornhill and Randy Thornhill: Classic: Evolutionary analysis of psychological pain of rape victims25: Randy Thornhill: Critique: Rape-victim psychological pain revisited26: Leda Cosmides and John Tooby: Classic: Cognitive adaptations for social exchange27: John Tooby and Leda Cosmides: Critique: Think againCOMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL STUDIES28: Ruth Mace and Mark Pagel: Critique: Tips, branches and nodes: seeking adaptation through comparative studies29: Mildred Dickemann: Classic: Paternal confidence and dowry competition: a biocultural analysis of purdah30: Mildred Dickemann: Critique: Cleo unveiled31: John Hartung: Classic: Polygyny and the inheritance of wealth32: John Hartung: Classic: If I had to do over33: Bobbi Low: Classic: Cross-cultural patterns in the training of children34: Bobbi Low: Critique: Comparing Snakes and Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails to Sugar and Spice: Reflections on Cross Cultural Testing of Hypotheses35: Steve Gaulin and James Boster: Classic: Dowry as female competition36: Steve Gaulin and James Boster: Critique: When are husbands worth fighting for?37: Laura Betzig: Classic: Roman polygyny38: Laura Betzig: Critique: Why a despot?39: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Classic: Fitness tradeoffs in the history and evolution of delegated mothering with special reference to wet-nursing, abandonment, and infanticide40: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: Critique: Mainstreaming Medea

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