• DOI:10.1007/s12110-004-1014-8
Corpus ID: 9584357

Mate preferences among Hadza hunter-gatherers

@article{Marlowe2004MatePA,
  title={Mate preferences among Hadza hunter-gatherers},
  author={F. Marlowe},
  journal={Human Nature},
  year={2004},
  volume={15},
  pages={365-376}
}

F. Marlowe

Published 2004

Psychology, Medicine

Human Nature

The literature on human mate preferences is vast but most data come from studies on college students in complex societies, who represent a thin slice of cultural variation in an evolutionarily novel environment. Here, I present data on the mate preferences of men and women in a society of hunter-gatherers, the Hadza of Tanzania. Hadza men value fertility in a mate more than women do, and women value intelligence more than men do. Women place great importance on men’s foraging, and both sexes… CONTINUE READING

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