How well does paternity confidence match actual paternity? Evidence from worldwide nonpaternity rates

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Anderson, Kermyt G. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Oklahoma, Dept Anthropol, Norman, OK 73019 USA
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10.1086/504167
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Q98 [人类学];
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Evolutionary theory predicts that males will provide less parental investment for putative offspring who are unlikely to be their actual offspring. Cross-culturally, paternity confidence ( a man's assessment of the likelihood that he is the father of a putative child) is positively associated with men's involvement with children and with investment or inheritance from paternal kin. A survey of 67 studies reporting nonpaternity suggests that for men with high paternity confidence rates of nonpaternity are( excluding studies of unknown methodology) typically 1.9%, substantially less than the typical rates of 10% or higher cited by many researchers. Further cross-cultural investigation of the relationship between paternity and paternity confidence is warranted.
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