both sexes utilize: short-term and long-term. Human mate choice, an aspect of sexual selection in humans, depends on a variety of factors, such as ecology...

Mate choice is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution can occur. It is characterized by a "selective response by animals to particular stimuli"...

Mate-choice copying, or non-independent mate choice, occurs when an individual of an animal species copies another individual's mate choice. In other...

other animals, human mating strategies are unique in their relationship with cultural variables such as the institution of marriage. Humans may seek out...

observed in many non-human animals (see mate guarding and sperm competition), as well as humans. Sexual jealousy is a prime example of mate guarding behaviour...

selection Mate choice in humans Mating Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins Friendship Mateship Mate (naval...

Chaix, Raphaëlle; Cao, Chen; Donnelly, Peter (2008-09-12). "Is Mate Choice in Humans MHC-Dependent?". PLOS Genetics. 4 (9): e1000184. doi:10.1371/journal...

formation of a romantic relationship. This concept is related to mate choice in humans, the research literature there primarily discusses the preference...

factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context...

animals than humans as they feel more of the evolutionary pressures to reproduce and can easily reject a mate. The role of sexual selection in human evolution...

odours are connected to human sexual attraction. Humans can make use of body odour subconsciously to identify whether a potential mate will pass on favourable...

Lummaa, Virpi (2009). "Does the contraceptive pill alter mate choice in humans?". Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Review). 25 (3): 171–179. doi:10.1016/j...

Mate preferences in humans refers to why one human chooses or chooses not to mate with another human and their reasoning why (see: Evolutionary Psychology...

Dytch H, Kostyu D, Elias S (September 1997). "HLA and mate choice in humans". American Journal of Human Genetics. 61 (3): 497–504. doi:10.1086/515511. PMC 1715964...

MHC-related odor preferences and mate choice are demonstrated by humans. However, the role of MHC in human mate choice has been relatively controversial...

Donna; Elias, Sherman (September 1997). "HLA and Mate Choice in Humans". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 61 (3): 497–504. doi:10.1086/515511. PMC 1715964...

Morris in The Naked Ape is also unique to humans, other primates as a rule having much flatter buttocks. Evolutionary psychologists theorize that humans' permanently...

Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature is a 2003 book by Geoffrey Miller. Miller argues that the vast majority of human characteristics...

a similar mate value, to avoid rejection. Specifically, one could infer that one's own mate value has a direct impact upon partner choice through the...

Kostyu, Donna; Elias, Sherman (1997). "HLA and Mate Choice in Humans". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 61 (3): 497–504. doi:10.1086/515511. PMC 1715964...

is often termed mating or copulation; for most non-human mammals, mating and copulation occur at oestrus (the most fertile period in the mammalian female's...

generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences, such as "mate choice" in this case). Disassortative mating is different from outbreeding...

animals, humans do not have a mating season, and both sexes are capable of sexual arousal throughout the year. When a person fails to be aroused in a situation...

investing sex (generally females) who will be more selective in their mate choice. However, human males tend to have more parental investment than do other...

favor male mate choice. Male mate choice is rarely studied or observed in many species but multiple studies have confirmed male mate choice within stickleback...

(gunḗ) 'woman, wife') is a mating system in which one male lives and mates with multiple females but each female only mates with a single male. Systems...

Chaix, Raphaëlle; Cao, Chen; Donnelly, Peter (2008-09-12). "Is Mate Choice in Humans MHC-Dependent?". PLOS Genetics. 4 (9): e1000184. doi:10.1371/journal...

species usually has a single mating system, humans display great variety. Humans also differ by having formal marriages, which in some cultures involve negotiation...

Godelle B, Ferdy JB (August 2010). "Mate choice and human stature: homogamy as a unified framework for understanding mating preferences". Evolution; International...

Monogamy in humans is generally accompanied by selective mate-choice and mating, cohabitation, and bi-parental care for children. Humans may practice...