Sexual Selection in Homo sapiens

Dr Menelaos Apostolou was born in Athens, Greece. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Lancaster University, UK and his graduate studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He currently lives in the Republic of Cyprus, and he is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He has published several peer-reviewed articles, and he is the author of ‘Sexual selection under parental choice: The evolution of human mating behavior’ and the ‘Feeling Good: An Evolutionary Perspectives on Life Choices.’ His research interests include evolutionary theory, mate choice, human sexuality, individual differences, and wellbeing.

• Chapter 1: Sexual Selection Forces.- Chapter 2: Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mating.- Chapter 3: The Model of Parental Choice.- Chapter 4: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice in Hunting and Gathering Societies.- Chapter 5: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice in Agropastoral Societies.- Chapter 6: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice in Post-Industrial Societies.- Chapter 7: Sexual Selection under Parental Choice Across Societies and Across Time.- Chapter 8: Variation in the Strength of Parental Choice within and Between Societies of the Same Subsistence Type.- Chapter 9: In-law Preferences: What Parents Want in a Prospective Daughter- And Son-in-Law.- Chapter 10: Parental Choice and Its Impact on Adaptations Involved in Mating.- Chapter 11: Environmental Mismatches and Mating Effectiveness.