David A. Puts
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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Office: 218 Carpenter Building |
| Telephone: (814) 867-0453 Fax: (814) 863-1474 | |
| Email: dap27@psu.edu | |
| Curriculum Vitae | |
EDUCATION:
- B.A., Kenyon College, 1995
- M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1998
- Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2004
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:
Dr. Puts studies the neuroendocrine and evolutionary bases of human behavior, with special focus on the development and evolution of behavioral sex differences. Research topics include:
How sex hormones affect psychology, behavior, and anatomy: prenatal, pubertal and adult effects of androgens; effects of menstrual cycle-related changes in ovarian hormones.
Sexual selection and the evolution of sexual dimorphism, including the evolution sex differences in voices, faces, bodies, brains, and behavior.
Other research interests:
- Developmental and evolutionary causes of differences in sexual orientation
- Evolutionary basis of female orgasm
COURSES TAUGHT:
- ANTH 216 Sex and Evolution
- ANTH 517 Human Evolutionary Biology
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
- Wolff, S. and Puts, D. A. (in press). Book review: Sex Differences: Summarizing More Than a Century of Scientific Research, by L. Ellis, S. Hershberger, E. Field, S. Wesinger, S. Pellis, D. Geary, C. Palmer, K. Hoyenga, A. Hetsroni, and K. Karadi. New York: Psychology Press, 2008. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
- Puts, D. A. (2009). The Evolution of Human Sexuality: An Anthropological Perspective, 2nd ed Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.
- Zuloaga, D. G., Puts, D. A., Jordan, C. L., and Breedlove, S. M. (2008). The role of androgen receptors in the masculinization of brain and behavior: What we've learned from the testicular feminization mutation. Hormones and Behavior, 53: 613-626. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.01.013
- Dawood, K. and Puts, D. A. (2008). Genetics and development of human sexual orientation. In: LGBTQ America Today, J. C. Hawley, (ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp. 469-477.
- Puts, D. A., McDaniel, M. A., Jordan, C. L., and Breedlove, S. M. (2008). Spatial ability and prenatal androgens: Meta-analyses of congenital adrenal hyperplasia and digit ratio (2D:4D) studies. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37 (1): 100-111.
- Martin, J., Puts, D. A., and Breedlove, S. M. (2008). Fluctuating asymmetry in the hands of homosexuals and heterosexuals: Relationships to digit ratios and other sexually dimorphic anatomical traits. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37 (1): 119-132.
- Puts, D. A., Hodges, C. R., Cárdenas, R. A., and Gaulin, S. J. C. (2007). Men’s voices as dominance signals: Vocal fundamental and formant frequencies influence dominance attributions among men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28 (5): 340-344.
- Puts, D. A. (2007). Arousing Imaginations: Review of The Handbook of the Evolution of Human Sexuality, M. R. Kauth (Ed.). Binghamptom, NY: Haworth Press, 2005. Evolutionary Psychology, 5 (4): 778-785.
- Puts, D. A. (2007). Of bugs and boojums: Female orgasm as a facultative adaptation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36 (3): 337-339.
- Puts, D. A., Gaulin, S. J. C., and Breedlove, S. M. (2007). Sex differences in spatial cognition: Evolution, hormones, and the brain. In: Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience, S. M. Platek, J. P. Keenan, and T. K. Shackelford (eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, pp. 329-379.
- Puts, D. A., Jordan, C. L., and Breedlove, S. M. (2006). Defending the brain from estrogen. Nature Neuroscience, 9 (2): 155-156.
- Puts, D. A., Gaulin, S. J. C., and Verdolini, K. (2006). Dominance and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in human voice pitch. Evolution and Human Behavior, 27 (4): 283-296.
- Puts, D. A., Jordan, C. L., and Breedlove, S. M. (2006). O Brother, where art thou? The fraternal birth order effect on male sexual orientation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 103 (28): 10531-10532.
- Puts, D. A. and Dawood, K. (2006). The evolution of orgasm in women: Adaptation or byproduct? Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9 (3): 467-472.
- Puts, D. A. (2006). And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Response to Wallen. Archives of Sexual Behavior,35 (6): 637-639.
- Puts, D. A. (2006). Cyclic variation in women’s preferences for masculine traits: Potential hormonal causes. Human Nature, 17 (1): 114-127.
- Puts, D. A. (2006). Book review: The Case of Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution, by E. A. Lloyd. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35 (1): 103-108.
- Puts, D. A. (2005). Mating context and menstrual phase affect female preferences for male voice pitch. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26 (5): 388-397.
- Puts, D. A., Gaulin, S. J. C., Sporter, R. J., and McBurney, D. H. (2004). Sex hormones and finger length: What does 2D:4D indicate? Evolution and Human Behavior, 25 (3): 182-199.


