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Sexual selection in humans, the Glossary

Sexual selection in humans concerns the concept of sexual selection, introduced by Charles Darwin as an element of his theory of natural selection, as it affects humans.^[1]

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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator.

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Antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials (drugs used to treat infections).

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Archaic humans is a broad category denoting all species of the genus Homo that are not Homo sapiens (which are known as modern humans). Sexual selection in humans and Archaic humans are human evolution.

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Arranged marriage

Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents.

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Baculum

The baculum (bacula), also known as the penis bone, penile bone, os penis, os genitale, or os priapi, is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals.

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Basic Books

Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

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Breast

The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso among humans and other primates.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. Sexual selection in humans and Charles Darwin are human evolution.

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Chimpanzee

The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa.

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Cortisol

Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone.

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Disease burden

Disease burden is the impact of a health problem as measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity, or other indicators.

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Doubleday (publisher)

Doubleday is an American publishing company.

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Early modern human

Early modern human (EMH), or anatomically modern human (AMH), are terms used to distinguish Homo sapiens (the only extant Hominina species) that are anatomically consistent with the range of phenotypes seen in contemporary humans, from extinct archaic human species.

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East Asia

East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Facial hair

Facial hair is hair grown on the face, usually on the chin, cheeks, and upper lip region.

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Femininity

Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls.

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Fertility

Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring.

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Fisherian runaway

Fisherian runaway or runaway selection is a sexual selection mechanism proposed by the mathematical biologist Ronald Fisher in the early 20th century, to account for the evolution of ostentatious male ornamentation by persistent, directional female choice. Sexual selection in humans and Fisherian runaway are sexual selection.

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Fitness (biology)

Fitness (often denoted w or ω in population genetics models) is a quantitative representation of individual reproductive success. Sexual selection in humans and Fitness (biology) are sexual selection.

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Folate

Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins.

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Folate deficiency

Folate deficiency, also known as vitamin B9 deficiency, is a low level of folate and derivatives in the body.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

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Geoffrey Miller (psychologist)

Geoffrey Franklin Miller (born 1965) is an American evolutionary psychologist, author, and associate professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico.

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Handicap principle

The handicap principle is a disputed hypothesis proposed by the Israeli biologist Amotz Zahavi in 1975. Sexual selection in humans and handicap principle are sexual selection.

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Hominidae

The Hominidae, whose members are known as the great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of which only modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') remain. Sexual selection in humans and Hominidae are human evolution.

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Homininae

Homininae (the hominines), is a subfamily of the family Hominidae (hominids).

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Homo

Homo is a genus of great ape that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses the extant species Homo sapiens (modern humans) and a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans. Sexual selection in humans and Homo are human evolution.

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Homo habilis

Homo habilis ('handy man') is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.3 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago (mya).

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Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Human evolution

Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes.

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Human mating strategies

In evolutionary psychology and behavioral ecology, human mating strategies are a set of behaviors used by individuals to select, attract, and retain mates. Sexual selection in humans and human mating strategies are evolutionary psychology.

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Human skin color

Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Sexual selection in humans and Human skin color are human appearance.

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Hydraulics

Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.

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Hypergamy

Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as "dating up" or "marrying up") is a term used in social science for the act or practice of a person dating or marrying a spouse of higher social status or sexual capital than themselves, and continuingly attempting to replace their current partner with someone they deem superior. Sexual selection in humans and Hypergamy are dating, evolutionary psychology and sexual selection.

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Interracial marriage in the United States

Interracial marriage has been legal throughout the United States since at least the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (Warren Court) decision Loving v. Virginia (1967) that held that anti-miscegenation laws were unconstitutional via the 14th Amendment adopted in 1868.

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Khoisan

Khoisan, or Khoe-Sān, is a catch-all term for the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non-Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen (formerly "Hottentots") and the Sān peoples (also called "Bushmen").

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Latvia

Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Masculinity

Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys.

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Mate choice

Mate choice is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution can occur. Sexual selection in humans and Mate choice are evolutionary psychology and sexual selection.

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Mating

In biology, mating is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for the purposes of sexual reproduction.

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Melanin

Melanin is a family of biomolecules organized as oligomers or polymers, which among other functions provide the pigments of many organisms.

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Menstrual cycle

The menstrual cycle is a series of natural changes in hormone production and the structures of the uterus and ovaries of the female reproductive system that makes pregnancy possible.

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Mind–body dualism

In the philosophy of mind, mind–body dualism denotes either the view that mental phenomena are non-physical,Hart, W. D. 1996.

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. Sexual selection in humans and Natural selection are sexual selection.

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Neoteny

Neoteny, also called juvenilization,Montagu, A. (1989).

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Offspring

In biology, offspring are the young creation of living organisms, produced either by a single organism or, in the case of sexual reproduction, two organisms.

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Peafowl

Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies).

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Pelvic thrust

The pelvic thrust is the thrusting motion of the pelvic region, which is used for a variety of activities, such as dance, exercise, or sexual activity.

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Phenotypic trait

A phenotypic trait, simply trait, or character state is a distinct variant of a phenotypic characteristic of an organism; it may be either inherited or determined environmentally, but typically occurs as a combination of the two.

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Photoprotection

Photoprotection is the biochemical process that helps organisms cope with molecular damage caused by sunlight.

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Phys.org

Phys.org is an online science, research and technology news aggregator offering briefs from press releases and reports from news agencies.

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Physical attractiveness

Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. Sexual selection in humans and physical attractiveness are human appearance.

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Pigment

A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance.

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Placebo

A placebo is a substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value.

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Pleiotropy

Pleiotropy (from Greek, 'more', and, 'way') occurs when one gene influences two or more seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits.

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Polygyny

Polygyny is a form of polygamy entailing the marriage of a man to several women.

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Positive feedback

Positive feedback (exacerbating feedback, self-reinforcing feedback) is a process that occurs in a feedback loop which exacerbates the effects of a small disturbance.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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The psychosocial approach looks at individuals in the context of the combined influence that psychological factors and the surrounding social environment have on their physical and mental wellness and their ability to function.

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Pubic hair

Pubic hair (or pubes) is terminal body hair that is found in the genital area of adolescent and adult humans.

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Reproduction

Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parent" or parents.

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Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, and author.

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Ronald Fisher

Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic.

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Sex hormone

Sex hormones, also known as sex steroids, gonadocorticoids and gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate steroid hormone receptors.

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Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity involving the insertion and thrusting of the male penis inside the female vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.

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Sexual selection

Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection), and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex (intrasexual selection). Sexual selection in humans and Sexual selection are sexual attraction.

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Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess.

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Spectrophotometry

Spectrophotometry is a branch of electromagnetic spectroscopy concerned with the quantitative measurement of the reflection or transmission properties of a material as a function of wavelength.

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Sperm competition

Sperm competition is the competitive process between spermatozoa of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg during sexual reproduction. Sexual selection in humans and sperm competition are evolutionary psychology and sexual selection.

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Spiritualism (philosophy)

In philosophy, spiritualism is the concept, shared by a wide variety of systems of thought, that there is an immaterial reality that cannot be perceived by the senses.

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Spirituality

The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other.

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Steatopygia

Steatopygia is the state of having substantial levels of tissue on the buttocks and thighs.

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Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age.

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Strategic pluralism

Strategic pluralism (also known as the dual-mating strategy) is a theory in evolutionary psychology regarding human mating strategies that suggests women have evolved to evaluate men in two categories: whether they are reliable long term providers, and whether they contain high quality genes.

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Stress hormone

Stress hormones are secreted by endocrine glands to modify one's internal environment during the times of stress.

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Sunlight

Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.

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Survival of the fittest

"Survival of the fittest" is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection.

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Symmetry in biology

Symmetry in biology refers to the symmetry observed in organisms, including plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.

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Testicle

A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.

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Testosterone (medication)

Testosterone (T) is a medication and naturally occurring steroid hormone.

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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871, which applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. Sexual selection in humans and the Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex are sexual selection.

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The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection

The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection is a book by Ronald Fisher which combines Mendelian genetics with Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, with Fisher being the first to argue that "Mendelism therefore validates Darwinism" and stating with regard to mutations that "The vast majority of large mutations are deleterious; small mutations are both far more frequent and more likely to be useful", thus refuting orthogenesis.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection_in_humans

Also known as Sexual selection in human evolution.

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