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Book Review: A Biased, Incomplete Perspective on the Evolution of Human Mating Systems

Book Review: A Biased, Incomplete Perspective on the Evolution of Human Mating Systems Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2010. 8(1): 31-36 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Book Review A Biased, Incomplete Perspective on the Evolution of Human Mating Systems A review of Alan F. Dixson, Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems. Oxford University Press: New York, 2009, 232 pp., US$70.00, ISBN 978-0-19-955943-5 (paperback). Jesse B. Marczyk, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314 USA. Email: jmarczyk@fau.edu (corresponding author). Todd K. Shackelford, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314 USA. Email: tshackel@fau.edu. Alan F. Dixson’s Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems presents an incomplete and biased review of the evidence relevant to the evolution of human mating systems. Despite a pretense of drawing on information from multiple disciplines, Dixson largely ignores research conducted within evolutionary psychology as it pertains to human mating. Instead, he focuses almost exclusively on comparative physiology and anatomy in primates to build a case that human evolutionary history is characterized by monogamy and polygamy, rather than the multi-male/multi-female mating system—and associated intense sperm competition—of chimpanzees, for example. This is a well-established conclusion, however. Humans, as a species, tend towards monogamy and polygamy, rather than multi-male/multi- female mating systems, and Dixson builds a strong case http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Evolutionary Psychology SAGE

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Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2010. 8(1): 31-36 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Book Review A Biased, Incomplete Perspective on the Evolution of Human Mating Systems A review of Alan F. Dixson, Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems. Oxford University Press: New York, 2009, 232 pp., US$70.00, ISBN 978-0-19-955943-5 (paperback). Jesse B. Marczyk, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314 USA. Email: jmarczyk@fau.edu (corresponding author). Todd K. Shackelford, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL 33314 USA. Email: tshackel@fau.edu. Alan F. Dixson’s Sexual Selection and the Origins of Human Mating Systems presents an incomplete and biased review of the evidence relevant to the evolution of human mating systems. Despite a pretense of drawing on information from multiple disciplines, Dixson largely ignores research conducted within evolutionary psychology as it pertains to human mating. Instead, he focuses almost exclusively on comparative physiology and anatomy in primates to build a case that human evolutionary history is characterized by monogamy and polygamy, rather than the multi-male/multi-female mating system—and associated intense sperm competition—of chimpanzees, for example. This is a well-established conclusion, however. Humans, as a species, tend towards monogamy and polygamy, rather than multi-male/multi- female mating systems, and Dixson builds a strong case

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