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  1. Human courtship behavior: biological basis and cognitive processing. Read the chapter here.
  2. Sexual Selection. Comparative data from various animals and a discussion of Darwinian theory.
  3.  Experiment on Mate Choice. Take part in an on-line experiment!
  4.  Moller, Anders Pape. Sexual Selection and the Biology of Beauty. A comparative approach.
  5.  Dugatkin, Lee Alan and Godin, Jean-Guy J. How Females Choose Their Mates. A Scientific American article.
  6.  Sexual Selection. Anderson, Malte. An outline.
  7. Darwinian aesthetics, human beauty, and interactions between strangers.
  8. Shared Paternity in South American Tribes.
  9. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (Charley Darwin)
  10. A Review of Sexual Selection and Human Evolution: How Mate Choice shaped Human Nature.
  11. How the brain organizes sexual behavior.
  12. Love: Hormones Converge for Couples in Love
  13. Love: First Flush of Love Not Emotional
  14. Love: Married Men Have Less Testosterone
  15. Love: Cohabitating Boosts Men's Mental Health
  16. Love: Divorce and DNA
  17. Love: Genes and Fitness
  18. Love: Romanic Love Abstracts