At 05:27 PM 4/23/01 -0500, Bradley Felton wrote:
>Think "sexual selection". Though we seldom have to run for the trees
>anymore, the ancient criteria that the successful males used in selecting
>mates lives on in our subconsious.
I'm not talking about quick post-industrial changes here. Over the
millenia during which a woman surviving (natural) childbirth become a much
more vital trait relative to her chasing down deer with a spear, wouldn't
you expect both pelvis size to increase and male subconscious mate selction
to favor that trait even more?
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