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Additionally, homosexuality and androphilia are somewhat heritable (around 40%),<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9251839</ref><ref>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2449185</ref> all of which suggests homosexuality is an adaptation, i.e. that it increased men's [[reproductive success]] in the past. | Additionally, homosexuality and androphilia are somewhat heritable (around 40%),<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9251839</ref><ref>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2449185</ref> all of which suggests homosexuality is an adaptation, i.e. that it increased men's [[reproductive success]] in the past. | ||
One can broadly divide the hypothesized adaptations for male androphilia into ''slow'' and ''fast'' [[life history]] adaptations, where fast life history means low investment in the offspring and slow life history means high investment. Fast life history adaptations tend to be more violent, primitive, degenerate, accompanied by earlier maturation, less social investments, lower cultural sophistication and a higher [[sex drive]]. | One can broadly divide the hypothesized adaptations for male androphilia into ''slow'' and ''fast'' [[life history]] adaptations (K-selected and r-selected respectively), where fast life history means low investment in the offspring and slow life history means high investment. Fast life history adaptations tend to be more violent, primitive, degenerate, accompanied by earlier maturation, less social investments, lower cultural sophistication and a higher [[sex drive]]. | ||
=== Fast life-history adaptations === | === Fast life-history adaptations === | ||