ANT211H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Internal Fertilization, Parental Investment, Human Sexuality
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However many animals do not have the opportunity to decide what they want, their. Choices are already made for them in the animal"s anatomy and physiology: the anatomy, physiology and parental care instincts are all programmed genetically by natural selection. Behavior that is in a male"s genetic interests may not necessarily be in the interests of his female co-parent and vice versa. This is one of the main causes of human misery. The 3 related sets of factors that influence the choice of the parents to be caretaker. Foreclosed opportunity: thus meaning your chance of passing on your genes further relies on the health and growth of your offspring. Thus you would want to stick around your offspring. Thus this is evolutionary reasoning why a man would want to leave a women right after he impregnates her and move onto the next.
