Functional sex differences and signal forms have coevolved with conflict
- PMID: 31407997
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X1900089X
Functional sex differences and signal forms have coevolved with conflict
Abstract
Evolutionary theory makes further predictions about conflict. It predicts sex differences in the proclivity to attack and defend. It further suggests complementary biases in what we expect of the sexes. Finally, it suggests that the forms of human facial expressions of anger and happiness may have coevolved with the regularity of conflict as a means of signaling, bluffing, and defusing attack.
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Revisiting the form and function of conflict: Neurobiological, psychological, and cultural mechanisms for attack and defense within and between groups.Behav Brain Sci. 2018 Sep 25;42:e116. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18002170. Behav Brain Sci. 2018. PMID: 30251617 Review.
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