Cuckolded Fathers Rare in Human Populations.
Contemporary data of extra-pair paternity (EPP) in human populations may be biased by the use of modern contraceptives. Studies have now estimated historical EPP rates in several human populations. The observed low EPP rates challenge the idea that women routinely 'shop around' for good genes by engaging in extra-pair copulations.
Department of Imaging and Pathology, Forensic Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Biology, Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: maarten.larmuseau@bio.kuleuven.be.
Maarten H D
MHD
Larmuseau
Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre of Sociological Research (CESO), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Koen
K
Matthijs
Department of Biology, Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Tom
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Wenseleers
D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010334:Paternity; D012725:Sexual Behavior
cuckoldry; extra-pair paternity; human behavioural ecology