Saturday, April 08, 2006

Evolutionary Mating Strategies

2-2-06
Love is a many splintered thing. Evolution has passed different mating strategies to males and females. Males look for ideal BMI (body mass index), facial symmetry, and hip to waist ratio. All of these indicate good genetics and parasite resistance and the ideal mate to insure the survival of the male's genes. Females also look for biological cues for health, but importantly also social status and the ability to provide due to the parental investment of 9 months of gestation and several years of child care.

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