Correction to: Communications Biology https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04223-w, published online 19 November 2022.

The original version of this article contained errors in the text of Box 5, Box 1 and reference 5.

In Box 5, the text incorrectly stated: ..“men who have children or socioeconomic status”. It has been corrected to “men who have children or vary in socioeconomic status”.

In Box 1, “Du Bois’” has been corrected to “Du Bois”.

In Reference 5, the text “human societies that sets the agenda how reformulated” has been corrected to “human societies that sets the agenda for how reformulated”.