Mate preferences among Hadza hunter-gatherers |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Frank?W?MarloweEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 02138 Cambridge, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | The literature on human mate preferences is vast but most data come from studies on college students in complex societies,
who represent a thin slice of cultural variation in an evolutionarily novel environment. Here, I present data on the mate
preferences of men and women in a society of hunter-gatherers, the Hadza of Tanzania. Hadza men value fertility in a mate
more than women do, and women value intelligence more than men do. Women place great importance on men’s foraging, and both
sexes rate character as important. Unlike college students, Hadza men place considerable importance on women being hard-working,
and Hadza women cite looks about as often as men do.
This research was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation and the Leakey Foundation.
Frank Marlowe (B.A., M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D.) is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. His
research interests include the behavioral ecology of hunter-gatherers, mating systems, parental care, mate choice, and cooperation. |
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Keywords: | Evolutionary psychology Hadza Hunter-gatherers Mate preferences |
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