The Paranoid Optimist-- 1 (2008)
Martie G. Haselton, Daniel Nettle, Henry Wellcome, Framlington Place
Mark Schaller and one anonymous reviewer for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article, and to Karthik Panchanathan and Randolph Nesse for providing useful background for the mathematical...
The Paranoid Optimist: An Integrative Evolutionary Model of Cognitive Biases (2008)
Martie G. Haselton, Daniel Nettle
Human cognition is often biased, from judgments of the time of impact of approaching objects all the way through to estimations of social outcomes in the future. We propose these effects and a host...
Departments of Psychology and Biological Sciences (2008)
Dylan Evans, Annerieke Heuvelink, Daniel Nettle, Biomimetics Group, Bath Ba Ay, Walton Hall
Are motivational biases adaptive? An agent-based model of human
and Biological Sciences (2007)
Dylan Evans, Bath Ba Ay, Annerieke Heuvelink, Daniel Nettle
The evolution of optimism:
Genetic and Linguistic Affinities between Human Populations in Eurasia and West Africa (2003)
Nettle, Daniel., Harriss, Louise.
Human Biology - Volume 75, Number 3, June 2003
The evolution of linguistic diversity. (1996)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1996.
Linguistic diversity of the Americas can be reconciled with a recent colonization
The Americas harbor a very great diversity of indigenous language stocks, many more than are found in any other continent. J. Nichols [(1990) Language 66, 475–521] has argued that this diversity...
Linguistic diversity of the Americas can be reconciled with a recent colonization
The Americas harbor a very great diversity of indigenous language stocks, many more than are found in any other continent. J. Nichols [(1990) Language 66, 475–521] has argued that this diversity...
Women's height, reproductive success and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in modern humans.
Recent studies have shown that, in contemporary populations, tall men have greater reproductive success than shorter men. This appears to be due to their greater ability to attract mates. To our...
Cultural Diversity, Economic Development and Societal Instability
Nettle, Daniel, Grace, James B., Choisy, Marc, Cornell, Howard V., Guégan, Jean-François, Hochberg, Michael E.
Schizotypy, creativity and mating success in humans
There is an evolutionary puzzle surrounding the persistence of schizophrenia, since it is substantially heritable and associated with sharply reduced fitness. However, some of the personality traits...
Cues of being watched enhance cooperation in a real-world setting
Bateson, Melissa, Nettle, Daniel, Roberts, Gilbert
We examined the effect of an image of a pair of eyes on contributions to an honesty box used to collect money for drinks in a university coffee room. People paid nearly three times as much for their...
Driving a hard bargain: sex ratio and male marriage success in a historical US population
Pollet, Thomas V, Nettle, Daniel
Evolutionary psychologists have documented a widespread female preference for men of high status and resources, and evidence from several populations suggests that this preference has real effects on...
Market forces affect patterns of polygyny in Uganda
Pollet, Thomas V., Nettle, Daniel
Polygynous marriage is generally more beneficial for men than it is for women, although women may choose to marry an already-married man if he is the best alternative available. We use the theory of...