2) in many primate societies males prefer multiparous females over younger ones...already having infants and having a fully mature physiology. There are also many variants on what humans "prefer" as attractants.https://twitter.com/TangledWing/status/1031547698116218881 …
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Ducking what issue? I thought this conversation was about to what extent we can say that human mating patterns are invariant. Chimpanzee data, cross-cultural anthro & historical data are all important for understanding that issue.
Nobody claims anthropoid mating patterns are 'invariant'. Most ev psych people don't even claim human mating patterns are 'invariant'. But we are willing to note cross-cultural patterns when the data are overwhelming. Is @Anthrofuentes willing to do so?
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of course. There are lots of patterns. but see
@CathrynTownsend 's response and no one has yet defined "young"... How is it assessed? what are the actual variation in fertility across age sets? what about fecundity and infant mortality and age? all of this is relevantThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I think the problem is that we don’t have enough data about cross-cultural mate preferences so one thing we can do is look at related species & see level of variation there. My experience in HG societies is that women in their 20s are preferred #1
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Also, women over 18 are both more fertile & more capable of assisting offspring to survive through early childhood, so their preference for women in their early & mid 20s makes sense to me. Teenagers tend to experiment with each other, but not marry #2
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