ANTC23H3 Lecture Notes - Human Leukocyte Antigen, Mate Choice, Inbreeding Avoidance
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Females generally have much greater parental investment than do males. Males can be choosy too but females are much more selective. Female baboons can choose male friends as mates: direct benefits: Can receive services from the male, such as grooming (biological market) Care for offspring (carrying an infant, grooming it, etc. ) Protection (for her infant) from infanticidal males) Sex for food hypothesis. i. e. meat-sharing by male chimpanzees. Females mate more with males who share meat with them. So women said nurturing men to be more handsome: women rate men providing infant care as looking more attractive, yes, human women use parental care as mate choice. Women may show preference for high-status males: because they have more available resources, or the ability to acquire them (money or wealth) Green family (men with multiple wives: men with many resources can potentially attract many mates. Often, female primates select for dominant males as mates: dominance is thought to indicate genetic quality.
