Hm, to play devil's advocate here, isn't the claim that men should prefer cues of *residual* reproductive potential (i.e. having reached sexual maturity but still having a long reproductive career ahead)? Doesn't seem like the article is directly testing that? Sorry if I missed it

i've always been told that one should never compare absolute hormone levels - unless they were measured with the same assay, in the same lab, and ideally at the very same time 🤷‍♂️

Tagging some people who might be interested in modularity and psychiatry, thanks for RT! @randynesse.bsky.social @realadamhunt.bsky.social @dpietra.bsky.social @evmed.bsky.social @dconroybeam.bsky.social @anniewertz.bsky.social @ehbea.bsky.social @maxkraz.bsky.social #EvMed #EvPsych

The DCIDE framework then also helps adjudicate between competing adaptive hypotheses. In the case of autism, some version of autistic traits selected for in specific cognitive/social niches is most compatible with all the evidence, autism as by-product of recent selection for intelligence less so

Turns out, some cases of autism are clearly maladaptive, e.g. caused by chromosomal abnormalities, environmental trauma or major de novo mutations. Others are likely candidates for adaptations, caused by many alleles of small effect, especially when including broader subclinical autism spectrum