BIOS10119 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Roger Short, Hypersexuality
1 Nov 2017
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Red queen ch 7 monogamy and the nature of women. Swallows (birds): females cheat if their mates are unattractive, asymmetric, subordinate and/or younger. Attractive males are bad fathers, 1/3 of all the babies came from adulterous cases. Men cheat to have more offspring, women cheat to have more. Sarah hrdy: e(cid:454)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) to tri(cid:448)ers"s e(cid:374)erg(cid:455) theory (heavily female biased parental investment leads to female choosiness) female and promiscuous chimpanzees: females were the initiators of promiscuity herod effect. Sperm competition theory: langurs of abu in india: male monkeys often killed baby monkey, infanticide by males: evolved strategy. It halts female lactation, bringing forward the possibility of a female getting pregnant. Reason for women to be loyal to one or a group of males: protect their genetic investment. Female orangutans: live alone, choose that to exploit better scarce resources. Males try to monopolize the territories of several females and mate with them.
