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'''Reproductive success''' is the lifetime number of children produced. | '''Reproductive success''' is the lifetime number of children produced. | ||
Fitness is often defined as the expected representation of someone's genes in future generations. Reproductive success can be used as an imperfect measure of fitness, imperfect because it says nothing definite about future generations.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0024560</ref> Throughout human history, women's reproductive success was [[Scientific Blackpill#Before_.27enforced_monogamy.27.2C_women.27s_effective_population_size_was_up_to_17x_larger_than_men.27s|around twice as high]] as men's as a result of [[Bateman's principle]]. | Fitness is often defined as the expected representation of someone's genes in future generations. Reproductive success can be used as an imperfect measure of fitness, imperfect because it says nothing definite about future generations.<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0024560</ref> Throughout human history, women's reproductive success was [[Scientific Blackpill#Before_.27enforced_monogamy.27.2C_women.27s_effective_population_size_was_up_to_17x_larger_than_men.27s|around twice as high]] as men's as a result of [[Bateman's principle]]. | ||