@article {156622,
	title = {The Evolution of Jealousy},
	journal = {American Scientist},
	volume = {92},
	year = {2004},
	pages = {62-71},
	abstract = {<p>Of the human emotions, jealousy is one of the most powerful and painful. And it is deadly: Statistical studies rank jealousy as the third most common motive for murder. Recently evolutionary psychologists proposed that jealousy is a specific innate module, a circuit in the brain that reflects the different selective pressures that acted on ancestral men and women. According to this theory, men typically become jealous when they suspect sexual competition, a response to the threat of cuckoldry. Jealousy in women, in contrast, is triggered by suspicion of emotional betrayal: Women sense that their children\&rsquo;s survival might be threatened should a philandering mate divert resources to another women and her children. Harris reviews this theory critically in light of new studies suggesting that a gender difference is not so clear, and offers alternative hypotheses.</p>},
	url = {http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/the-evolution-of-jealousy},
	author = {Harris, C.R.}
}
