Institiute Of Antropology Polish Academy Of Sciences

Boguslaw Pawlowski, Ph.D.; D.Sc.

Scientific interests

A. Human evolution - particularly costs of the brain size increase in human evolution and selection pressures on specific fat distribution in Homo female;

B. Biological basis of human behaviour. In particular human mate preferences and evolution of human sexual behaviour.

List of publications

Pawlowski B. (1992) Zachowania narzedziowe zwierzat dziko zyjacych, Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis nr 1353, ss. 93-113. Prace Zoologiczne XXIV, Wroclaw.

Pawlowski B. (1994) Biologiczne podloze "Kula", in: Mozrzymas J., A. Nobis, A. Ogorzalek, "Symetria w Przyrodzie, Sztuce i Naukach Humanistycznych”, tom 4, Wroclaw, s. 27-38.

Pawlowski B. (1994) Biologia kultury, w: Mozrzymas J., A. Nobis, A. Ogorzalek, "Symetria w Przyrodzie, Sztuce i Naukach Humanistycznych”, tom 4, Wroclaw 1994, s. 141-152.

Pawlowski B. (1994) - Altruizm jako fenomen biologiczny. Kosmos 43/2, s. 191-200.

Pawlowski B. & A. Nobis (1996) Peacemaking through co-operation by means of threat, in: Wilby J.M. Sustainable peace in the world system, and the next evolution of human consciousness. Proceedings of ISSS, Louisville, pp. 59-66.

Nobis A. & Pawlowski B. (1996) Cultural conflict: Its nature, inevitability and function, in: Wilby J.M. Sustainable peace in the world system, and the next evolution of human consciousness. Proceedings of ISSS, Louisville, pp. 509-514.

Pawlowski B. (1998) Why are human newborns so big and fat ? Human Evolution, 13:65-72.

Pawlowski B., Ch. Lowen, R. Dunbar (1998) Neocortex size, social skills and mating success in male primates. Behaviour, 135 (3):357-368.

Pawlowski B. & A. Nobis (1998) Threat making co-operation or how to increase the probability of co-operation in prisoner’s dilemma. Systems, 3, 112-119.

Pawlowski B., Dunbar R. (1999) Withholding age as putative deception in mate search tactics. Evolution and Human Behavior, 20:53-69.

Pawlowski B., Dunbar R. (1999) Impact of market value on human mate choice decisions. Proc. R. Soc., Lond., B, 266:281-285.

Pawlowski B. (1999) Loss of oestrus and concealed ovulation in human evolution: the case against the sexual-selection hypothesis. Current Anthropology, 40:257-275.

Pawlowski B. (1999) Permanent breasts as a side effect of subcutaneous fat tissue increase in human evolution. HOMO, vol. 50/2, pp. 149-162.

Pawlowski B., Dunbar R.I.M, Lipowicz A. (2000) Tall men have more reproductive success. Nature, 403:156.

Pawlowski B. (2000) Koncepcje utraty rui i ukrycia owulacji w ewolucji czlowieka. Kosmos 49, nr 1-2, 7-18.

Pawlowski B. (2000) The biological meaning of preferences on the human mate market. Przeglad Antropologiczny – Anthropological Review, 63:39-72.

Pawlowski B., Dunbar R. (2001) Human mate choice strategies w: “Economics in Nature. Social Dilemmas, Mate Choice and Biological Markets” Eds. R. Noe, J. van Hoof & P. Hammerstein, Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 187-202.

Pawlowski B. (2001) The evolution of gluteal/femoral fat deposits and balance during pregnancy in bipedal Homo. Current Anthropology, 42:572-574.

Pawlowski B., Cieplak E. (2002) Can the sex of the second child be predicted by the birth-weight of the first child? Medical Hypotheses, 58(1):15-17.

Pawlowski B., Koziel S. (2002) The impact of traits offered in personal advertisements on response rates. Evolution and Human Behavior, 23:139-149.

Pawlowski B, Grabarczyk M. (2003) Center of body mass and the evolution of female body shape. American Journal of Human Biology, 15:144-150.

Pawlowski B. (2003) Variable preferences for sexual dimorphism in height as a strategy for increasing the pool of potential partners in humans. Proceedings of Royal Society, London B., 270:709-712.

Koziel S., Pawlowski B. (2003) Comparison between primary and secondary mate markets: an analysis of data from lonely hearts columns. Personality and Individual Differences, 35:1849-1857.

Pawlowski B. (2004) Prevalence of menstrual pain in relation to the reproductive life history of women from the Mayan rural community. Annals of Human Biology, 31:1-8.

Rozmus-Wrzesinska M. & Pawlowski B. (2005) Men's ratings of female attractiveness are influenced more by changes in female waist size compared with changes in hip size. Biological Psychology, 68(3):299-308.

Pawlowski B. (2005) Heat loss from the head during infancy as a cost of encephalization. Current Anthropology, 46(1):136-141.

Pawlowski B., Dunbar R.I.M (2005) Waist-to-Hip Ratio versus Body Mass Index as Predictors of Fitness in Women. Human Nature – An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective, 16(2):164-177.

Pawlowski B., Jasienska G. (2005) Women's preferences for sexual dimorphism in height depend on menstrual cycle phase and expected duration of relationship. Biological Psychology, 70:38-43.

The Global Deception Research Team (2006) A World of lies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37(1):60-74.

Danel D., Pawlowski B. (2006) Attractiveness of Men's Faces in Relation to Women's Phase of Menstrual Cycle. Collegium Antropologicum, 30(2):285-289.

Pawlowski B. (2007) Origins of homininae and putative selection pressures acting on the early hominins. In “Handbook of Paleoanthropology” (eds. W. Henke & I. Tattersall), vol. 3, pp. 1409-1440, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Danel D., Pawlowski B. (2007) Eye-mouth-eye angle as a good indicator of face masculinization, asymmetry and attractiveness (Homo sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 121(2):221-225.

Wiszewska A., Pawłowski B. & Boothroyd L. (2007) Father-daughter relationship as a moderator of sexual imprinting: a facialmetric study. Evolution & Human Behavior, 28(4):248-252.

Fink B., Neave N., Brewer G. & Pawlowski B. (2007) Variable preferences for sexual dimorphism in stature (SDS): further evidence for an adjustment in relation to own height. Personality and Individual Differences, 43:2249-2257.

Zadzinska E., Rosset I., Domanski C., Pawlowski B., Mikulec A.(2007) Can economic stress affect secondary sex ratio in Poland? Anthropological Review, 70:15-27.

Salska I., Frederick D.A., Pawlowski B., Reilly A.H, Laird K.T., Rudd N.A (2008) Conditional mate preferences: Factors influencing preferences for height. Personality and Individual Differences, 44:203-215.

Pawlowski B., Jasienska G. (2008) Women’s body morphology and preferences for sexual partners’ characteristics. Evolution & Human Behavior, 29:19-25.

Pawlowski B., Rajinder Atwal & R.I.M. Dunbar (2008) Sex differences in everyday risk-taking behaviour. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(1):29-42.

Sorokowski P, Pawlowski B. (2008) Adaptive preferences for leg length in a potential partner. Evolution & Human Behavior, 29:86-91.

Pawlowski B., Sorokowski P. (2008) Men's attraction to women's bodies changes seasonally. Perception, 37:1079-1085.

Pawlowski B., Boothroyd L.G., Perrett D.I. & Kluska S. (2008) Is female attractiveness related to final reproductive success? Collegium Antropologicum, 32:457-460.

Swami V., M. Rozmus-Wrzesinska, M. Voracek, T. Haubner, D. Danel, B. Pawlowski, D. Stanistreet, F. Chaplin, J. Chaudhri, P. Sheth, A. Shostak, E. Xian Zhang & A. Furnham (2008) The influence of skin tone, body weight, and hair colour on perceptions of women's attractiveness and health: A cross-cultural investigation. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4):321-341.

Published book reviews

Pawlowski B. (2002) (Book review) Evolution’s Eye. A Systems View of the Biology–Culture Divide. By Susan Oyama. Pp. 274. (Duke University Press, Durhamand London, 2000.) L12.95, ISBN 0-8223-2472-5, paperback. Journal of Biosocial Science, 34:428-430.

Pawlowski B. (2004) (Book review) The Triple Helix. Gene, organism, and environment. By Richard Lewontin. Pp. 136 (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England 2000) ISBN 0-674-00159-1, hardback. Journal of Biosocial Science, 36:251-252.

Pawlowski B. (2005) (Book review) Survival of the Fattest: The Key to Human Brain Evolution. By Stephen C. Cunnane New Jersey, World Scientific Publishing Co, 2005, pp. 342, ISBN 981-256-191-9. Przeglad Antropologiczny – Anthropological Review (PA-AR) 68, 83-86.

Pawlowski B. (2006) (Book review) On Our Minds. How Evolutionary Psychology is Reshaping the Nature versus Nurture Debate. By Eric M. Gander. Pp. 293. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, 2003.) ISBN 0-8018-7387-8, hardback. Journal of Biosocial Science, 38:574-575.

Pawlowski B. (2009) Dual sexual strategy in females – Is the mysterious nature of women explained? A review of Randy Thornhill and Steven W. Gangestad, (The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality) (Book review). Evolutionary Psychology, (www.epjournal.net) 7(2):160-163.

Other publications

Pawlowski B. (2001) – Fascynujace, wielorakie i przyszlosciowe „dlaczego???”. Biologia w Szkole, 3: 144-146.

Pawlowski B. (2001) – Ewolucyjne trendy i zawiklane sciezki w filogenezie czlowieka. Biologia w Szkole, nr 4, ss. 196-207.

Pawlowski B. (2002) – To takie proste! Czyli magia metafor. Biologia w Szkole, 1: 30-31.

Pawlowski B. (2003) – Mamo zajmij się mna natychmiast. Wiedza i zycie, 48-49.

Pawlowski B. (2004) – Ars Amandi w ZOO. Focus, s. 48-54.

Pawlowski B. (2005) – Psychologia ewolucyjna. Biologia w Szkole, nr 5, ss. 4-11.

Pawlowski B. (2007) – Zagadka dwunoznosci. Focus.

Participation in the international scientific projects

Global Deception Research Team (lead by Ch. Bond – USA)

ISDP-2 – International Sexual Description Project – 2 (lead by D. Schmitt – USA)