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Female guppies, quail and finches tend to mate with males that look like the males they have seen other females paired with. Such “mate choice copying” can pay off. If it is difficult to choose the best mating material, or takes a lot of time and energy, it makes sense to go with what works for the other girls. Yet although human mate selection suffers just such difficulties, there has been little evidence that women do this, until now.
2007-01-17
evolution attraction mating women choice copying sexLove really does have a strange effect on people, say scientists. ... They found that men had lower levels of testosterone than normal, while the women had higher levels of the hormone than usual. Men, in some way, had become more like women, and women had become like men.
2004-05-05
love women men testosterone hormoneSome people may be genetically programmed to be unfaithful to their partner, a scientist has claimed. ... Focusing on women, he found that if one of a pair of twins had a history of infidelity, the chances her sister would also stray were about 55%. In general it is estimated that just 23% of women are not faithful.
2004-06-07
sex evolution attraction genetics love infidelity women fidelity... arrested in 2007 after downloading material relating to the role of women in Islamic societies. ... the upper house approved the death sentence conferred on Mr Kambaksh by a city court in Mazar-e-Sharif.
2008-01-30
Afghanistan women Sharia death IslamRobin Baker puts forward the thesis that evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolise women while women, without even knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners. Facts of life presented include: 10 per cent of children are not fathered by their fathers, less than 1 per cent off a man's sperm is capable of fertilizing anything - the rest is there to fight off other men'...
Giving women more of the male hormone testosterone can turn them into fairer and more amiable game players, according to tests. A single dose of testosterone was enough to have this effect, European scientists found, but only if the woman was oblivious to the treatment. If she realised she had received the hormone and not a dummy drug, she turned to greed and selfishness.
2009-12-09
game fair testosterone womenPong was an arcade game so popular it reportedly sparked a coin shortage in the United States when it launched in 1972.
2009-12-24
computer games Atari Pong womenSome commuters don't give up their seats for pregnant women because they fear offending someone who is just overweight, it has emerged. Here, expectant mothers give tips on how to tell the difference.
2010-06-09
pregnancy obesity women politenessThe research on more than 200,000 women from nine European countries found doing household chores was far more cancer protective than playing sport. Dusting, mopping and vacuuming was also better than having a physical job.
2006-12-29
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