GE CLST M72B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Histocompatibility, Mate Choice, Ovulation
1 Mar 2017
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Women prioritize attraction more than man on one-night stands; otherwise, men normal prioritize physical attraction more than women. Taboo of menstrual cycle in sports and pms affecting performance. Differential reproduction is the engine of natural selection. Because of differences in obligatory investment in offspring, the maximum reproductive rate differs for the sexes. Selection for different strategies in each sex. Lower investing sex open to low-cost mating opportunities. The evolution of love and long-term bonds. Humans have pressure to bond in order to attain and provide resources. Chimpanzee females take care of one offspring at a time. Humans have multiple dependent offspring at the same time because humans take much longer to mature. Evidence suggesting advantage of joint parental care. Children face greater that double the risk of death if father is absent in traditional societies. Ethnographic evidence of romantic love from over 100 cultures from every region in the world.
