with a few freak exceptions I bet r-strategists are more successful in monogamisty relationships thats what im betting on anyway
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like, you can't actually have a giant litter of humans that you abandon at or before birth, so the way to do r strategy as a human is to burden somebody else with the wee monsters
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I agree that you can see this as r-selection, but if the offspring *still* gets cared for by the mother (or by another male who is being cuckolded) that is not r-selection.
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agreed it is definitely not *real* r-selection, it's K sub r or something, but i would claim it is a meaningful differentiation in genetic propagation strategies inside the human species that maps to the difference between r and K in species in general
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No, that's a hybrid strategy. r-selection is "no resource tab to begin with" -- "spray and pray." Most fish are r-selected, whether they have sneaky males or not.
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sure, speaking of humans as r strategists is a relative thing within the limits of the species's options
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