Primitive Instincts - Females Want Mates To Win Fights

Women may regard love and affection and consideration as most important in a mate, but if research in African cichlid fish applies to humans, they are suppressing a more primitive instinct to like winners.   In African cichlid fish, even when a female shows a preference for a male, if witnesses him losing a fight with another male, her feelings toward him change.   Areas of the female's brain associated with anxiety showed increased activity after witnessing an altercation.  Of course, being a winner in the eyes of cognitively diverse human females can take many different forms than pure combat. read more

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