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Female infidelity and paternal uncertainty

by Steven M. Platek, Todd K. Shackelford

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Because paternal certainty is asymmetrical, males have evolved a number of anti-cuckoldry strategies to deal with the possibility of raising an offspring they unknowingly did not sire. Female Infidelity and Paternal Uncertainty: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Anti-cuckoldry Tactics addresses these perspectives.

Sexual behavior in animalsPaternityWomen, psychologyExtramarital RelationsBiological AdaptationComparative PsychologyAnimal Sexual BehaviorSexual BehaviorPromiscuïteitSekseverschillenBuitenechtelijke relatiesOuderschap