ANTC23H3 Lecture : Mate Choice
Document Summary
Know terms and definitions given in text reading and in the lecture slides. Higher rates of child murder by step-parents than genetic parents. Highest risk for young children two years or less. Children are abused more often by step-parents than if they live with both genetic parents. Superior genes for offspring (based on body morphology, physical ability) Complementary genes (not closely related to you, increased genetic variability) High investment in female and offspring to increased survival of infants. Little to no investment in any particular female. Potential for very high rs if successful at using strategy but if unsuccessful may have had a higher rs if he had stayed with one woman. Care for offspring and protection from infanticidal males. Male gets mate, female gets meat, protein, and other food. Correlation between meat sharing in chimpanzees and consequential copulations with that female. Focus on parental care as attractive in males.
