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| Thomas V PolletSummaryAffiliation: University of Groningen Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Market forces affect patterns of polygyny in UgandaThomas V Pollet
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Groningen, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:2114-7. 2009..Results are discussed with reference to models of the evolution of polygyny...
Sex-ratio biasing towards daughters among lower-ranking co-wives in RwandaThomas V Pollet
Department of Social Psychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat II, 1, 9712TS Groningen, The Netherlands
Biol Lett 5:765-8. 2009..This effect remains when controlling for potential confounds such as maternal age. We discuss these results in reference to previous work on sex-ratio adjustment in humans...
Use of social network sites and instant messaging does not lead to increased offline social network size, or to emotionally closer relationships with offline network membersThomas V Pollet
Department of Social Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 14:253-8. 2011..These results highlight the importance of considering potential time and cognitive constraints on offline social networks when examining the impact of social media use on social relationships...
Testosterone levels and their associations with lifetime number of opposite sex partners and remarriage in a large sample of American elderly men and womenThomas V Pollet
Department of Social Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Horm Behav 60:72-7. 2011..However, remarriage was positively associated with T, but only in males. Results are discussed with reference to the literature on T and sex partners, remarriage and more broadly the challenge hypothesis...
The effect of female height on reproductive success is negative in Western populations, but more variable in non-western populationsGert Stulp
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Am J Hum Biol 24:486-94. 2012..In this article we examine the association between female height and reproductive success in a US sample and present a review of previous studies on this association. We also outline possible biological explanations for our findings...
Intralocus sexual conflict over human heightGert Stulp
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Biol Lett 8:976-8. 2012..In conclusion, we show that IASC over a heritable, sexually dimorphic physical trait (human height) affects Darwinian fitness in a contemporary human population...
High and mighty: height increases authority in professional refereeingGert Stulp
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Evol Psychol 10:588-601. 2012..Thus, height appears to be positively related to authority in professional refereeing...
Parental height differences predict the need for an emergency caesarean sectionGert Stulp
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 6:e20497. 2011..7%. In conclusion, the size of the baby, the height of the mother and parental height differences affect the likelihood of an ECS in primiparous women...
