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* ''Moreover, both BMI and waist/stature ratios were also significantly lower in the nubile age | * ''Moreover, both BMI and waist/stature ratios were also significantly lower in the nubile age group than in older women.'' | ||
* ''A male choosing a nubile female avoids investing in children sired by other men and possible conflict with the mother (his mate) over allocation of her parental effort among his children and the children of her prior mates. By definition,a nubile woman is not investing time and energy in other men's children because she is nulliparous.'' | * ''A male choosing a nubile female avoids investing in children sired by other men and possible conflict with the mother (his mate) over allocation of her parental effort among his children and the children of her prior mates. By definition,a nubile woman is not investing time and energy in other men's children because she is nulliparous.'' | ||
* ''A small waist size together with relatively more gluteo-femoral fat serves as a strong direct indicator that a woman has reached the age of sexual maturity and her reproductive resourced are untapped. Men attracted to these anthropometric indicators should have an increased likelihood of having offspring with better brain development.'' | * ''A small waist size together with relatively more gluteo-femoral fat serves as a strong direct indicator that a woman has reached the age of sexual maturity and her reproductive resourced are untapped. Men attracted to these anthropometric indicators should have an increased likelihood of having offspring with better brain development.'' | ||
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