Evo psych gets mate selection completely wrong. If human hunter-gatherers were polygamous harem societies, dimorphism would be even more pronounced in humans than it really is. Male gorillas are twice as large as female gorillas because the biggest and baddest alpha male gorillas left standing got to mate with the female gorillas. Male gorillas have small penises relative to their body mass because when after killing off their competition, they don't need a big cock and lots of sperm concentration to ensure that they impregnate the female gorillas. Human males on the other hand are only 20% bigger and 10% taller than human females. Much like bonobo dimorphism. Because human males competed primarily on sperm wars instead. Men with larger penises and more sperm concentration were better able to impregnate the females. This is why supposedly only 40% of men managed to pass on their genes. But yet they lack the level of dimorphism that you see in gorillas. Humans however have the largest penises relative to their body size among the Great Apes. And our sperm concentration is either the highest or among the highest (in the company of bonobos and chimps, whom have the biggest balls of all Great Apes) among the Great Apes.
As was described in Sex at Dawn, pretty much all the males in a tribe had sexual access to the females in their tribe. But only one man wins the sperm war competition to fertilize the human female's egg.
With the move towards agriculture and thus monogamy within the past 10,000 years, things changed and things moved towards mate selection moreso than sperm competition. But the vast majority of human history was characterized by sperm wars rather than mate selection. Mate selection is a relatively new, agricultural world phenomena for humans. Humans, like bonobos, are a naturally promiscuous, polyamourous Great Ape with both males and females being poly. Gorillas on the other hand are naturally polygamous (they have an alpha male harem structure where the male has multiple partners, the females just one).
Genetically, bonobos are our closest Great Ape ancestors. Not chimpanzees. This was discussed in Sex at Dawn. It's a common misconception that chimps are our closest ancestors. Chimps have similar dimorphism as humans and bonobos but very violent while bonobos are relatively peaceful.
Quote:Before agriculture, humans lived in a hand-to-mouth existence. Money wasn't even a thing back then. For the vast majority of our human history. The ability to provide meat and protection was very important. This is why human males are supposed to be 10% taller and 20% bigger than human females. But it's not purely about brute strength. Humans have tools and weapons so we don't need to be f***ing massive like gorillas.Originally Posted by djfranktank View Post
What about the neoteny of humans in general, instead of the need for a greater sexual dimorphism, a greater emphasis was put not soley on brute sexual dimorphism of the man but other traits. i.e Money, stauts and other things not related soley on physical robustness. Advance human brains in general might lead to this.
this makes alot of sence,money is a new concept,no rich guy is an Alpha.humans don't even have the alpha/Beta dichotomy.
its just Psycho-Babble from Evolutionary Psychology wich is a bunk science akin to Creationism.
all women are promiscouis.as are all men.polyamorous is a better word.they don't care if youre alpha or Beta.all humans gott o mate in the past.
now I am not saying we should return to such mate selections.just because something is natural doesn't make it good .
whats good for society isn't always natural.I am a strong advocate of patriarchy as seen in Islamic religions.limit women's financial freedom,their education,their mobility,and their property owning rights.I said limit,not completely do away with.
Nature is amoral.