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Geographical variability, pheromones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Edward M. Miller
Edward M. Miller
Affiliation:
Research Professor of Economics and Finance, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 emmef@uno.edu
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Abstract

The worldwide variation in mating strategies can be explained by differential paternal investment theory, which traces the differences back to the climates where the various peoples (races) evolved. Male provisioning is necessary for women and children to survive cold winters, which is less essential for tropical women. Androstenone may be the substance that makes symmetrical men smell better to fertile females.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 614
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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