Intimate Relationships Are Implicated in the Mechanisms of Evolution Because

question 26

Multiple Choice

Intimate relationships are implicated in the mechanisms of evolution because the ways in which individuals attract and select each other as mates appear to have direct or indirect consequences on

• A) happiness.
• B) pairbonds.
• C) natural selection.
• D) fitness.

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