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== Human courtship == | == Human courtship == | ||
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 reason, human males engage in display of their wealth | 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 reason, human males not only engage in display of their ornament, but also their wealth, e.g. by 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]]. 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. | 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. | ||