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} }
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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