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== Humans == | == Humans == | ||
In humans, such bodyguarding may play an additional role due to the | In humans, such bodyguarding may play an additional role due to the relatively large share of resources that males provide. For the support of the offspring a long-term bond of at least 10 years is hence highly conductive to [[reproductive success]], especially in [[life history|K-selected ecologies]]. For such bonds to be stable, it is required that the male is the most dominant one the woman can attract as otherwise a more dominant could contest that bond. | ||
Bodyguard hypothesis may predict that women tend to date up, especially when the most dominant males engage in [[polygyny]] and hence hoard a substantial fraction of the females as it is the case in the human species. | Bodyguard hypothesis may predict that women tend to date up, especially when the most dominant males engage in [[polygyny]] and hence hoard a substantial fraction of the females as it is the case in the human species. | ||