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Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes (2013)
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Boothroyd, L., Scott, I., Gray, A., Coombes, C., & Pound, N. (2013). Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes. Evolutionary Psychology, 11(5), 1044-1058

Evolutionary theories of human attraction draw heavily upon nonhuman literature, and currently the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis dominates research into female attraction to male facial masculinity. Although some studies have shown links betwe... Read More about Male Facial Masculinity as a Cue to Health Outcomes.

Living in a landscape of fear: the impact of predation, resource availability and habitat structure on primate range use (2013)
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Coleman, B., & Hill, R. (2014). Living in a landscape of fear: the impact of predation, resource availability and habitat structure on primate range use. Animal Behaviour, 88, 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.11.027

Spatial variation in predation risk generates a ‘landscape of fear’, with prey animals modifying their distribution and behaviour in response to this variable predation risk. In systems comprising multiple predators and prey species, a key challenge... Read More about Living in a landscape of fear: the impact of predation, resource availability and habitat structure on primate range use.

Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces (2013)
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Boothroyd, L. G., & Brewer, G. (2014). Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 43(5), 983-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0204-z

Previous research has suggested that an individual’s sociosexual orientation (i.e., their willingness to engage in sexual behavior outside of long-term relationships) may influence the qualities they find attractive in a potential mate. Results, howe... Read More about Self-Reported Impulsivity, Rather than Sociosexuality, Predicts Women’s Preferences for Masculine Features in Male Faces.

Influence of personality, age, sex, and oestrus state on chimpanzee problem-solving success (2013)
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Hopper, L., Price, S., Freeman, H., Lambeth, S., Schapiro, S., & Kendal, R. (2014). Influence of personality, age, sex, and oestrus state on chimpanzee problem-solving success. Animal Cognition, 17(4), 835-847. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-013-0715-y

Despite the importance of individual problem solvers for group- and individual-level fitness, the correlates of individual problem-solving success are still an open topic of investigation. In addition to demographic factors, such as age or sex, certa... Read More about Influence of personality, age, sex, and oestrus state on chimpanzee problem-solving success.

The evolution of cerebellum structure correlates with nest complexity (2013)
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Hall, Z., Street, S., & Healy, S. (2013). The evolution of cerebellum structure correlates with nest complexity. Biology Letters, 9(6), Article 20130687. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0687

Across the brains of different bird species, the cerebellum varies greatly in the amount of surface folding (foliation). The degree of cerebellar foliation is thought to correlate positively with the processing capacity of the cerebellum, supporting... Read More about The evolution of cerebellum structure correlates with nest complexity.

Evidence of a high density population of harvested leopards in a montane environment (2013)
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Chase Grey, J., Kent, V., & Hill, R. (2013). Evidence of a high density population of harvested leopards in a montane environment. PLoS ONE, 8(12), Article e82832. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082832

Populations of large carnivores can persist in mountainous environments following extensive land use change and the conversion of suitable habitat for agriculture and human habitation in lower lying areas of their range. The significance of these pop... Read More about Evidence of a high density population of harvested leopards in a montane environment.

Whom do children copy? Model-based biases in learning (2013)
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Wood, L., Kendal, R., & Flynn, E. (2013). Whom do children copy? Model-based biases in learning. Developmental Review, 33(4), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2013.08.002

This review investigates the presence of young children’s model-based cultural transmission biases in social learning, arguing that such biases are adaptive and flexible. Section 1 offers five propositions regarding the presence and direction of mode... Read More about Whom do children copy? Model-based biases in learning.

An SIS model for cultural trait transmission with conformity bias (2013)
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Walters, C., & Kendal, J. (2013). An SIS model for cultural trait transmission with conformity bias. Theoretical Population Biology, 90, 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2013.09.010

Epidemiological models have been applied to human health-related behaviors that are affected by social interaction. Typically these models have not considered conformity bias, that is the exaggerated propensity to adopt commonly observed behaviors or... Read More about An SIS model for cultural trait transmission with conformity bias.

The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood (2013)
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Tehrani, J. (2013). The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood. PLoS ONE, 8(11), Article e78871. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078871

Researchers have long been fascinated by the strong continuities evident in the oral traditions associated with different cultures. According to the ‘historic-geographic’ school, it is possible to classify similar tales into “international types” and... Read More about The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood.

Development of socio-emotional competence in bonobos (2013)
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Clay, Z., & de Waal, F. (2013). Development of socio-emotional competence in bonobos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(45), 18121-18126. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1316449110

Social and emotional skills are tightly interlinked in human development, and both are negatively impacted by disrupted social development. The same interplay between social and emotional skills, including expressions of empathy, has received scant a... Read More about Development of socio-emotional competence in bonobos.

Dissecting children's observational learning of complex actions through selective video displays (2013)
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Flynn, E., & Whiten, A. (2013). Dissecting children's observational learning of complex actions through selective video displays. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116(2), 247-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2013.06.001

Children can learn how to use complex objects by watching others, yet the relative importance of different elements they may observe, such as the interactions of the individual parts of the apparatus, a model’s movements, and desirable outcomes, rema... Read More about Dissecting children's observational learning of complex actions through selective video displays.

Human cumulative culture: a comparative perspective (2013)
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Dean, L., Vale, G., Laland, K., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2014). Human cumulative culture: a comparative perspective. Biological Reviews, 89(2), 284-301. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12053

Many animals exhibit social learning and behavioural traditions, but human culture exhibits unparalleled complexity and diversity, and is unambiguously cumulative in character. These similarities and differences have spawned a debate over whether ani... Read More about Human cumulative culture: a comparative perspective.

Reciprocal causation and the proximate-ultimate distinction (2013)
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Dickins, T., & Barton, R. (2013). Reciprocal causation and the proximate-ultimate distinction. Biology and Philosophy, 28(5), 747-756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-012-9345-z

Laland and colleagues have sought to challenge the proximate–ultimate distinction claiming that it imposes a unidirectional model of causation, is limited in its capacity to account for complex biological phenomena, and hinders progress in biology. I... Read More about Reciprocal causation and the proximate-ultimate distinction.

Why is combinatorial communication rare in the natural world, and why is language an exception to this trend? (2013)
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Scott-Phillips, T., & Blythe, R. (2013). Why is combinatorial communication rare in the natural world, and why is language an exception to this trend?. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 10(88), Article 20130520. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0520

In a combinatorial communication system, some signals consist of the combinations of other signals. Such systems are more efficient than equivalent, non-combinatorial systems, yet despite this they are rare in nature. Why? Previous explanations have... Read More about Why is combinatorial communication rare in the natural world, and why is language an exception to this trend?.

Exapting exaptation (2013)
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Larson, G., Stephens, P., Tehrani, J., & Layton, R. (2013). Exapting exaptation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 28(9), 497-498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.018

The term exaptation was introduced to encourage biologists to consider alternatives to adaptation to explain the origins of traits. Here, we discuss why exaptation has proved more successful in technological than biological contexts, and propose a re... Read More about Exapting exaptation.

Heat flux effects on magnetic field dynamics in solid density plasmas traversed by relativistic electron beams (2013)
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Williams, B., Kingham, R., & Bissell, J. (2013). Heat flux effects on magnetic field dynamics in solid density plasmas traversed by relativistic electron beams. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 55(9), https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/55/9/095005

Relativistic electron beam propagation through solid density plasma is a rich area for magnetic field dynamics. It is well known that Ohmic heating of the background plasma caused by the beam significantly affects magnetic field generation, primarily... Read More about Heat flux effects on magnetic field dynamics in solid density plasmas traversed by relativistic electron beams.