What David Geary has said about Reproductive skew
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 5, 2026
David Geary, Evolutionary psychologist, cognitive scientist, and professor at the University of Missouri, has been quoted on Reproductive skew once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on November 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Geary states that reproductive skew among men is about three times that among women in hunter-gatherer societies, rising to about a hundredfold in early empires.
“Now that threefold variation in reproductive skew was amplified to about a hundred fold difference when we move into early empires”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 17:37
Episodes
How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172Modern Wisdom · Nov 5, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Evolutionary psychologist David Geary tells Chris Williamson how male coalitional warfare, status competition, and technology shaped human brain evolution and modern behavior.
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