Early Women Who Were Genetically Predisposed to Avoid Bitter-Tasting Foods,especially

question 25

Multiple Choice

Early women who were genetically predisposed to avoid bitter-tasting foods,especially when experiencing nausea during pregnancy,were most likely to survive and contribute their genetically based predispositions to later generations.This best illustrates

• A) a social script.
• B) natural selection.
• C) male-female differences in mating preferences.
• D) a sexual overperception bias.

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