Psychological Science:同性恋可能的进化作用
(2010-04-09 16:28:09)
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性倾向同性恋进化教育 |
分类: 科教频道 |
生物谷推荐原始出处:
Psychological Science, 2010; DOI:
10.1177/0956797609359623
An Adaptive Cognitive Dissociation Between Willingness to Help Kin
and Nonkin in Samoan Fa’afafine
Paul L. Vasey and Doug P.
VanderLaan
Androphilia refers to sexual attraction and arousal to adult males,
whereas gynephilia refers to sexual attraction and arousal to adult
females. Previous research has demonstrated that Samoan male
androphiles (known locally as fa’afafine) exhibit significantly
higher altruistic tendencies toward nieces and nephews than do
Samoan women and gynephilic men. The present study examined whether
adaptive design features characterize the psychological mechanisms
underlying fa’afafine’s elevated avuncular tendencies. The
association between altruistic tendencies toward nieces and nephews
and altruistic tendencies toward nonkin children was significantly
weaker among fa’afafine than among Samoan women and gynephilic men.
We argue that this cognitive dissociation would allow fa’afafine to
allocate resources to nieces and nephews in a more economical,
efficient, reliable, and precise manner. These findings are
consistent with the kin selection hypothesis, which suggests that
androphilic males have been selected over evolutionary time to act
as “helpers-in-the-nest,” caring for nieces and nephews and thereby
increasing their own indirect
fitness.