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An expanded “staying alive” theory (SAT) underplays complexity in Homo sapiens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2022

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Agustín Fuentes*
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Department of Anthropology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA afuentes2@princeton.edu https://anthropology.princeton.edu/people/faculty/agustin-fuentes
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Abstract

The target article takes myriad human female patterns and aligns them as a unit emerging from an expanded version of “staying alive” theory (SAT). Females and males do differ, however, to treat the complexity of human response to threats as an explicit, evolved sexually dimorphic package is not reflective of current knowledge regarding health, sex/gender, and behavior in Homo sapiens.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e136
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