Perspectives on human mating systems have shifted focus on why humans aren’t a pair-bonded species as if we’ve solved the (imo) enormously interesting question of why humans form pair-bonds at all. Evolution of PBs has become my favorite research topic.https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-we-do-it/201804/monogamy-anchored-in-our-genes …
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Replying to @NicoleBarbaro
What papers would you recommend on it? I read stuff on this relating to concealed ovulation, but not sure I was really convinced.
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Replying to @Ben_C_J
I used to take ‘humans as pair-bonding’ for granted until I really got into this topic in an animal cognition class I took where I did a research proposal on mate guarding in Gibbons and realized there is no consensus on why PB evolved in primates
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Replying to @NicoleBarbaro @Ben_C_J
Do you like Bernard Chapais's work? His book "Primeval Kinship" is a profoundly fascinating look at human pair bonding.
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Evolutionary psychology without animal cognition and comparative studies is like the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Some theories replicate more strongly in non human animals, others don't. EP can explain why this is the case.pic.twitter.com/y3yvEszm3K
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Agree. I was really surprised when I ventured out of the psych literature and realized that no one really takes paternal care seriously as an explanation for pretty much anything, in stark contrast to human work within and outside of EP
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