Abstract
In this chapter, the model of parental choice is applied to societies which base their subsistence on hunting and gathering. The model predicts that parental choice is a strong sexual selection force, with male-male competition and individual mate choice being also strong sexual selection forces. It predicts further that parents exercise more control over their daughters than over their sons, while fathers are more influential than mothers over their children’s mating decisions. Anthropological evidence from hunting and gathering societies is presented which strongly supports these predictions.
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