title: A Problematic Test of the Kin Selection Hypothesis Among the Urak-Lawoi of Ko Lipe, Thailand: Commentary on Camperio Ciani, Battaglia, and Liotta (2015).
abstract: Camperio Ciani et al. argued that the Urak-Lawoi people of Ko Lipe island live in a "traditional," "subsistence primitive society" reminiscent of the "ancestral" human past and that their socio-cultural situation is "remarkably similar" to Samoa. On this basis, they asserted that the Ko Lipe Urak-Lawoi are an appropriate population for determining the role that kin selection played in the evolution of male androphilia. The purpose of this commentary is to outline some of our concerns with this characterization and with the statistical analyses conducted by Camperio Ciani et al. in their study of the Urak-Lawoi.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Lethbridge .
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Vasey
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , University of Toronto , Mississauga .
authors.forename: Doug P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: VanderLaan
authors.affiliation: c Department of Anthropology , University of Nebraska , Lincoln .
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hames
authors.affiliation: d Chai Prakan , Chiang Mai , Thailand.
authors.forename: Amornthep
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaidee
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D013785:Thailand