Human mating models can benefit from comparative primatology and careful methodology
Agustin Fuentes a1 a1 Primate Behavior and Ecology Program, Department of Anthropology, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544
afuentes@cwu.eduwww.cwu.edu/~primate
Abstract
Conditional mating strategies and within-sex variation in mating patterns occur across a wide range of primate taxa. Attempts to model the evolution of human mating strategies should incorporate current primatological data sets and phylogenetic perspectives. However, comparisons between interview and questionnaire-based human behavioral data and observationally and experimental generated nonhuman behavioral data should be conducted with prudence.
