In:
Anthropological Review, Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz), Vol. 82, No. 4 ( 2019-12-30), p. 397-404
Abstract:
The Trivers-Willard Hypothesis (TWH), frequently investigated by evolutionary psychologists, states that human beings may have evolved to produce a greater number of sons when having a high status, and a greater number of daughters when having a low status. To test this hypothesis, we examined the sex of children of Polish high status: kings, dukes, magnates families; and of low status: peasants, burghers and gentry. Our findings do not provide evidence for the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis (TWH), as there were no differences between offspring’s sex ratio among any of the investigated social classes (with the exception of magnates families). We draw our conclusions with caution, as historical data carry many limitations.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2083-4594
,
1898-6773
DOI:
10.2478/anre-2019-0030
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2504000-5
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