Nigel Barber

Barber emigrated from his native Ireland to the United States in 1982.[1] He received his Ph.D. in biopsychology from the City University of New York in 1989, after which he taught at Bemidji State University as an instructor for one year, and then at Birmingham-Southern College as an assistant professor.[1]

• (2022). The Human Beast Volume III...Restless People on a Troubled Planet. ISBN 9780985569174
• (2021). The Human Beast Volume II...Evolution and the Modern World. ISBN 9780985569143
• (2021). The Human Beast Volume I...Through the Lens of Evolution. ISBN 9780985569129
• (2020). Evolution in the Here and Now. Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781633886186 (cloth); 9781633886193 (ebook)
• (2012). Why Atheism Will Replace Religion. Kindle (ebook)
• (2008). The Myth of Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 184718619X
• (2004). Kindness in a Cruel World. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1591022282
• (2002). The Science of Romance: Secrets of the Sexual Brain. ISBN 1573929700
• (2002). Encyclopedia of Ethics in Science and technology. Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 0816043140
• (2000). Why Parents Matter: Parental Investment and Child Outcomes. Bergin & Garvey ISBN 0897897250
• (1998). Parenting: Roles, Styles and Outcomes. Nova Science Publisher, Inc. ISBN 1560725737

Barber, N. (1991). Play and Energy Regulation in Mammals. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 66(2), 129–147. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2830228.
Barber, N. (1995). The evolutionary psychology of physical attractiveness. Ethology and Sociobiology, 16, 395–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/0162-3095(95)00068-2.
Barber, N. (1998). The role of reproductive strategies in academic attainment. Sex Roles, 38, 313–323. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018745419124
Barber N. (1998). Secular changes in standards of bodily attractiveness in women: tests of a reproductive model. The International journal of eating disorders, 23(4), 449–453. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199805)23:4<449::aid-eat14>3.0.co;2-r
Barber, N. (1998). Ecological and Psychosocial Correlates of Male Homosexuality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 29(3), 387–401. https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/ecological-and-psychosocial-correlates-of-male-homosexuality-gg0LYh9ZAl?key=sage
Barber. (1998). Sex differences in disposition towards kin, security of adult attachment, and sociosexuality as a function of parental divorce. Evolution and Human Behavior., 19(2), 125–132. https://doi.org/info:doi/
Barber, N. (1999). Women's dress fashions as a function of reproductive strategy. Sex Roles, 40(5-6), 459–471. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018823727012
Barber, N. (2000). The sex ratio as a predictor of cross-national variation in violent crime. Cross-Cultural Research, 34(3), 264–282. https://doi.org/10.1177/106939710003400304
Barber, N. (2001). Mustache Fashion Covaries with a Good Marriage Market for Women. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 25, 261–272. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012515505895
Barber, N. (2003). Paternal investment prospects and cross-national differences in single parenthood. Cross-Cultural Research, 37(2), 163–177. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397103037002001
Barber, N. (2003). Divorce and reduced economic and emotional interdependence: A cross-national study. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 39, 113–124. DOI:10.1300/J087v39n03_06
Barber, N. (2004). Single Parenthood as a Predictor of Cross-National Variation in Violent Crime. Cross-Cultural Research, 38(4), 343–358. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397104267479
Barber, Nigel. (2005). Evolutionary Explanations for Societal Differences in Single Parenthood. Evolutionary Psychology. 3. 10.1177/147470490500300111.
Barber, N. (2005). Educational and ecological correlates of IQ: A cross-national investigation. Intelligence, 33(3), 273–284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2005.01.001
Barber, N. (2006). Why is violent crime so common in the Americas?. Aggressive Behavior, 32(5), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20144
Barber, N. (2006). Is the Effect of National Wealth on Academic Achievement Mediated by Mass Media and Computers? Cross-Cultural Research, 40(2), 130–151. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397105277602
Barber, N. (2007). Evolutionary Explanations for Societal Differences and Historical Change in Violent Crime and Single Parenthood. Cross-Cultural Research, 41(2), 123–148. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397106298926
Barber, N. (2008). Explaining Cross-National Differences in Polygyny Intensity: Resource-Defense, Sex Ratio, and Infectious Diseases. Cross-Cultural Research, 42(2), 103–117. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397108314587
Barber, N. (2008). Cross-National Variation in the Motivation for Uncommitted Sex: The Role of Disease and Social Risks. Evolutionary Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490800600203
Barber N. (2009). Countries with fewer males have more violent crime: marriage markets and mating aggression. Aggressive behavior, 35(1), 49–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20291
Barber, N. (2010). Explaining cross-national differences in fertility: A comparative approach to the demographic shift. Cross-Cultural Research, 44, 3-22.
Barber, N. (2015). Why behavior matches ecology: Adaptive variation as a novel solution. Cross-Cultural Research, 49(1), 57–89. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397114536129
Barber, N. (2017). Creative productivity and marriage markets: Mating effort and career striving as rival hypotheses. Journal of Genius and Eminence, 2, 32–44. DOI: 10.18536/jge.2017.04.02.01.04
Barber, N. (2018). Cross-national variation in attitudes to premarital sex: Economic development, disease risk, and marriage strength. Cross-Cultural Research, 52, 259–273. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1069397117718143

Barber's research focuses on various subjects in the fields of biopsychology and evolutionary psychology.[1] These include the evolution of altruism,[3] the reasons that men grow facial hair,[4][5] and the reasons that people believe in religion, which he believes pertain to economic adversity.[6][7]

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