Pathological complexity and the evolution of sex differences
Pathological complexity and the evolution of sex differences
Benenson et al. provide a compelling case for treating greater investment into self-protection among females as an adaptive strategy. Here, we wish to expand their proposed adaptive explanation by placing it squarely in modern state-based and behavioural life-history theory, drawing on Veit's pathological complexity framework. This allows us to make sense of alternative “lifestyle” strategies, rather than pathologizing them.
Veit, Walter
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Browning, Heather
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Veit, Walter
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Browning, Heather
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Veit, Walter and Browning, Heather
(2022)
Pathological complexity and the evolution of sex differences.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45.
(doi:10.1017/S0140525X22000498).
Abstract
Benenson et al. provide a compelling case for treating greater investment into self-protection among females as an adaptive strategy. Here, we wish to expand their proposed adaptive explanation by placing it squarely in modern state-based and behavioural life-history theory, drawing on Veit's pathological complexity framework. This allows us to make sense of alternative “lifestyle” strategies, rather than pathologizing them.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 25 July 2022
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