BIOL 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Signalling Theory, Courtship Display, Body Art
30 Oct 2014
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Sex and legacy through genes sex has shaped the evolution of human nature which is the other root case of collapsing civilizations and most envmtal problems. Every one of our ancestors managed not just to live for a while, but to convince at least one sexual partner to have enough sex to produce offspring. Those proto-humans that did not attract sexual interest did not become our ancestors, no matter how good they were at surviving - miller, the mating mind. Components of life-history strategy defined in terms of trade-offs (in time, energy, resources, and risks) Better fathers have smaller testicles fathers with smaller testes are more involved in child care, and their brains are also more responsive when looking at photos of their own children. One-night-stand campus survey: would you go to bed with me: classic study: i have been noticing you around campus.
