Why Does Sexual Competition Appear to Be Higher Among Humans

question 36

Multiple Choice

Why does sexual competition appear to be higher among humans than other primates?

• A) Unlike most other primates, human females are sexually receptive throughout the year.
• B) Humans are more likely than other primates to live in multi-male, multi-female social groups.
• C) Humans are particularly aggressive primates and more likely to compete through physical means.
• D) There is a lower female to male ratio in human communities than in most other primate groups.

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Committed or carried out; used primarily in context of crimes or harmful actions.

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The obligation to tell the truth and be honest, a key ethical principle in various professions.

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Child Sexual Abuse

Any sexual activity with a child where consent is not or cannot be given.