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T or F. Human demography patterns suggest an evolutionary history of male-male competition.
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Explain the human sexual dimorphism in body size, longevity, and morality
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body size--males bigger
longevity-- females live longer male mortality peakes during the "reproductive competition" years 20s |
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Who gains in terms of progeny in polygamous (having 2 or more mates either simultaneously or successively) marriages?
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males
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Most human societies are ______.
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polygynous
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Many human societies practice resource defense polygyny. Explain resource defence polygyny.
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males gain access to females indirectly, by monopolizing access to resources that are valuable to females: wealthy men have more children in polygynous situations. Also, men with large land ownings have more wives (examples)
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In human mating systems, who benefits from serial monogomy?
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females gain more by being monogamous, males are better off mating with as many females they can.
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