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Courtship among humans is special due to the disproportionally large amount of resources that males provide, which is, in fact, unique among primates and also extreme compared to animals overall (see [[hypergamy]]). For this reasons, human males engage in display of their wealth in order to court females, e.g. this may involve buying an expensive ring. | Courtship among humans is special due to the disproportionally large amount of resources that males provide, which is, in fact, unique among primates and also extreme compared to animals overall (see [[hypergamy]]). For this reasons, human males engage in display of their wealth in order to court females, e.g. this may involve buying an expensive ring. | ||
Different from e.g. birds, humans are less ornamented, but they do have ornament which mostly comes down to averageness and symmetry (simplicity). Such ornament and exaggerated sexual attraction to it may have evolved by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]]. | Different from e.g. birds, humans are less ornamented, but they do have ornament which mostly comes down to averageness and symmetry (simplicity). Such ornament and exaggerated sexual attraction to it may have evolved by [[Fisherian runaway|runaway selection]]. Courtship of both sexes involves presentation of this ornament, e.g. a male may flex his muscles and the female male present breast and buttocks. | ||
Geoffrey Miller suggested that human intelligence has also been selected by runaway selection, with males eliciting super stimuli in women in order to be selected, e.g. by humour and artistic performances (see [[Fisherian runaway]]). In fact, instrument building has been a near exclusively male activity across cultures.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> | Geoffrey Miller suggested that human intelligence has also been selected by runaway selection, with males eliciting super stimuli in women in order to be selected, e.g. by humour and artistic performances (see [[Fisherian runaway]]). In fact, instrument building has been a near exclusively male activity across cultures.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_were_historically_predominantly_involved_in_cooking_and_they_never_dominated_men</ref> | ||