ANTH 316 Chapter 1-2: ANTH 316 Chapter 1-: Female Preferences Seminar Topics 1-2
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Proposes that female reproductive success is heavily dependent on reciprocity. Adjust size of family based on what can be supported. Choose mates for fit offspring and have means to counteract male coercion. The last one would be really interesting to study cross-culturally. The society we live in is one we created ourselves, therefore not an artificial environment, in most cases this applied to all cultures. An example of humans creating our own niches in different environments. Differences in behavior observable at the individual level, not at the population. For evolutionary change all about number of generations not number of years (same for language!) Human breeding systems are somewhat varied across cultures in some multiple wives, living together or apart, in others monogamy, etc. Certain value to children for their labor if nothing else in some societies. Men of higher status get more fertile females or have access to them comparatively in some societies.
