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This chapter nominates adaptations which are likely to have evolved in order to enable individuals to address parental choice. It further nominates possible adaptations which have evolved to enable men and women to communicate their desirable qualities to prospective parents-in-law. It also nominates adaptations which enable parents to appeal to other parents as beneficial marital allies. Finally, the chapter addresses the question why not all people share the same sexually selected adaptations. In particular, it is argued that, because there are several reproductive niches, individuals are likely to have evolved traits to enable them to address one or more niches.
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Apostolou, M. (2017). Parental Choice and Its Impact on Adaptations Involved in Mating. In: Sexual Selection in Homo sapiens. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58999-2_10
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