Ornamentation

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Low, Bobbi S.Sexual selection and human ornamentation
Lightner, Aaron D.Ethnoscientific expertise and knowledge specialisation in 55 traditional cultures

Associated Hypotheses (7)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Low, Bobbi S.Ornamentation will occur in all societies and will differ between the sexes (469).
Low, Bobbi S.Male and female ornamentation should be low in ecologically monogamous societies (469).
Low, Bobbi S.Male-male competition and degree of male ornamentation will be positively associated with harem polygyny and promiscuous polygyny (469, 485).
Low, Bobbi S.Male and female ornamentation will be positively associated with socially-imposed monogamy (469, 485).
Low, Bobbi S.In ecologically monogamous societies, male and female ornaments will be equally discriminating about within-sex status (485).
Low, Bobbi S.Mated females will be less ornamented and male ornamentation will vary by puberty, wealth, or power (469).
Lightner, Aaron D.The honest signaling model of ethnoscientific expertise predicts hierarchies within domains of expertise, prestige, public performances, costly lifestyles, rituals, and initiations, competition between experts, ornamentation, charismatic personalities, intelligence, multiple mates, better mate access for experts, and experts being sexually attractive.

Associated OCMs

  1. special garments
  2. ornament
  3. personal grooming
  4. body alterations