Human height is a highly variable trait, both within and between populations, has a high
heritability, and influences the manner in which people behave and are treated in society. …

Does evolutionary theorizing have a role in psychology? This is a more contentious issue
than one might imagine, given that, as evolved creatures, the answer must surely be yes. The …

Field data often include multiple observations taken from the same individual. In order to
avoid pseudoreplication, it is commonplace to aggregate data, generating a mean score per …

According to both the scientific literature and popular media, all one needs to win a US
presidential election is to be taller than one's opponent. Yet, such claims are often based on an …

Across cultures, taller stature is linked to increased social status, but the potential reasons
why this should be are unclear. One potential explanation is that taller individuals are more …

Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies, which dominate genetic discovery, are
based on data from diverse historical time periods and populations. Genetic scores derived …

The majority of research examining sex differences in risk-taking behavior focuses on overt
physical risk measures in which failed risk attempts may result in serious injury or death. The …

Male facial width-to-height ratio (bizygomatic width scaled for face height) is a testosterone-linked
trait predictive of reactive aggression, exploitative behavior, cheating, deception, and …

… Indeed, in a speed-dating study, verbalized preferences for height combined with mutual
mate choice revealed how such preferences can lead to assortative pairing (Stulp et al., 2013a)…

… The current study exploits recent advances in the field of molecular and quantitative genetics
by applying genomic-relationship-matrix restricted maximum likelihood (GREML) methods …