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#955 Elizabeth Pillsworth: The Anthropology of Partner Choice, Mating Systems, and Gender

The Dissenter

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Evolution of Mate Choice and Parental Investment in Human Societies

This chapter explores the evolution of female choice and parental choice in human societies as adaptive strategies with associated costs. It discusses the role of female mate preferences as a crucial selective pressure throughout pre-human evolutionary history, and how human mating contexts shifted towards cooperative breeding. The chapter also delves into the factors influencing mate preferences, the evolving ability of daughters to make decisions about mate choices, and the variation in paternal investment across different contexts and cultures.

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