David Puts
Professor of Anthropology
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Sexual Selection Testosterone Hormones Dna Body Size Psychology Sex Characteristics Sexual Behavior Social Attraction Hydrocortisone Dominance (Genetics) Attractiveness Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Asymmetry Traits Androgens Evaluation Vocalization Personality Mating Success Ancestry Gender Genes Phenotype MenstruationMost Recent Publications
Evidence for Perinatal Steroid Influence on Human Sexual Orientation and Gendered Behavior
Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Talia Shirazi, David A. Puts, S. Marc Breedlove, 2022, Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology
Sex differences are insufficient evidence of ecological adaptations in human females
Toe Aung, Sojung Baek, David Puts, 2022, Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Associations Between Sexual Desire and Within-Individual Testosterone and Cortisol in Men and Women
Kevin A. Rosenfield, Heather Self, Talia Shirazi, Rodrigo Cardenes, Justin Carré, Triana Ortiz, Khytam Dawood, David A. Puts, 2022, Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology on p. 156-178
Low Perinatal Androgens Predict Recalled Childhood Gender Nonconformity in Men
Talia N. Shirazi, Heather Self, Kevin A. Rosenfield, Khytam Dawood, Lisa L.M. Welling, Rodrigo Cárdenas, J. Michael Bailey, Ravikumar Balasubramanian, Angela Delaney, S. Marc Breedlove, David A. Puts, 2022, Psychological Science on p. 343-353
Evidence for perinatal steroid influence on human sexual orientation and gendered behavio
A Swift-Gallant, T Shirazi, David Puts, S Breedlove, 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology on p. 1-14
Author Correction: Linking human male vocal parameters to perceptions, body morphology, strength and hormonal profiles in contexts of sexual selection (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (21296), 10.1038/s41598-020-77940-z)
Christoph Schild, Toe Aung, Tobias L. Kordsmeyer, Rodrigo A. Cardenas, David A. Puts, Lars Penke, 2021, Scientific Reports
Low fundamental and formant frequencies predict fighting ability among male mixed martial arts fighters
Toe Aung, Stefan Goetz, John Adams, Clint McKenna, Catherine Hess, Stiven Roytman, Joey T. Cheng, Samuele Zilioli, David Puts, 2021, Scientific Reports
Heterozygosity of the major histocompatibility complex predicts later self-reported pubertal maturation in men
Steven Arnocky, Carolyn Hodges-Simeon, Adam C. Davis, Riley Desmarais, Anna Greenshields, Robert Liwski, Ellen E. Quillen, Rodrigo Cardenas, S. Marc Breedlove, David Puts, 2021, Scientific Reports
Evidence that perinatal ovarian hormones promote women's sexual attraction to men
Talia Shirazi, Heather Self, K Dawood, Lisa Welling, Rodrigo Cárdenas, R Cardenas, Kevin Rosenfield, J Bailey, Ravikumar Balasubramanian, Angela Delaney, S Breedlove, David Puts, 2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology on p. 1-7
Do voices carry valid information about a speaker's personality?
Julia Stern, Christoph Schild, Benedict C. Jones, Lisa M. DeBruine, Amanda Hahn, David A. Puts, Ingo Zettler, Tobias L. Kordsmeyer, David Feinberg, Dan Zamfir, Lars Penke, Ruben C. Arslan, 2021, Journal of Research in Personality
Most-Cited Papers
Modeling 3D Facial Shape from DNA
Peter Claes, Denise Liberton, K Daniels, Kerri Matthes Rosana, Kerri Matthes Rosana, Ellen Quillen, Laurel Pearson, Brian McEvoy, Marc Bauchet, Arslan Zaidi, Wei Yao, Hua Tang, Greg Barsh, Hua Tang, Devin Absher, Gregory S. Barsh, Devin M. Absher, Jorge Rocha, David A. Puts, Sandra Beleza, Jorge Rocha, Sandra Beleza, Rinaldo Pereira, Rinaldo W. Pereira, Jennifer Wagner, James Boster, Gareth Baynam, M Shriver, Paul Suetens, Dirk Vandermeulen, Jennifer K. Wagner, James S. Boster, Mark D. Shriver, 2014, PLoS Genetics on p. e1004224
Women's attractiveness changes with estradiol and progesterone across the ovulatory cycle
David A. Puts, Drew H. Bailey, Rodrigo A. Cárdenas, Robert P. Burriss, Lisa L.M. Welling, John R. Wheatley, Khytam Dawood, 2013, Hormones and Behavior on p. 13-19
How valid are assessments of conception probability in ovulatory cycle research? Evaluations, recommendations, and theoretical implications
Steven W. Gangestad, Martie G. Haselton, Lisa L.M. Welling, Kelly Gildersleeve, Elizabeth G. Pillsworth, Robert P. Burriss, Christina M. Larson, David A. Puts, 2016, Evolution and Human Behavior on p. 85-96
Quantifying the strength and form of sexual selection on men's traits
Alexander K. Hill, John Hunt, Lisa L.M. Welling, Rodrigo A. Cárdenas, Michelle A. Rotella, John R. Wheatley, Khytam Dawood, Mark D. Shriver, David A. Puts, 2013, Evolution and Human Behavior on p. 334-341
Human sexual selection
David Andrew Puts, 2016, Current Opinion in Psychology on p. 28-32
Sexual selection on male vocal fundamental frequency in humans and other anthropoids
David A. Puts, Alexander K. Hill, Drew H. Bailey, Robert S. Walker, Drew Rendall, John R. Wheatley, Lisa L.M. Welling, Khytam Dawood, Rodrigo Cárdenas, Robert P. Burriss, Nina G. Jablonski, Mark D. Shriver, Daniel Weiss, Adriano R. Lameira, Coren L. Apicella, Michael J. Owren, Claudia Barelli, Mary E. Glenn, Gabriel Ramos-Fernandez, 2016, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 20152830
The relative importance of intra- and intersexual selection on human male sexually dimorphic traits
Tobias L. Kordsmeyer, John Hunt, David A. Puts, Julia Ostner, Lars Penke, 2018, Evolution and Human Behavior on p. 424-436
Endocrinology of human female sexuality, mating, and reproductive behavior
Natalie V. Motta-Mena, David A. Puts, 2017, Hormones and Behavior on p. 19-35
Are there vocal cues to human developmental stability? Relationships between facial fluctuating asymmetry and voice attractiveness
Alexander K. Hill, Rodrigo A. Cárdenas, John R. Wheatley, Lisa L.M. Welling, Robert P. Burriss, Peter Claes, Coren L. Apicella, Michael A. McDaniel, Anthony C. Little, Mark D. Shriver, David A. Puts, 2017, Evolution and Human Behavior on p. 249-258
Fulfilling desire: Evidence for negative feedback between men's testosterone, sociosexual psychology, and sexual partner number
David A. Puts, Lauramarie E. Pope, Alexander K. Hill, Rodrigo A. Cárdenas, Lisa L.M. Welling, John R. Wheatley, S. Marc Breedlove, 2015, Hormones and Behavior on p. 14-21
News Articles Featuring David Puts
Nov 07, 2022
Center for Human Evolution and Diversity accepting grant applications
The Center for Human Evolution and Diversity at Penn State (CHED) is currently accepting proposals for grants available from the center for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years.
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