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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did males evolve?

2. Are there strong taboos against cousin marriage?

3. What type of male do women find the most attractive?

4. What modern day society sometime practices polygamy?

5. In many tribes, __________ of the population have lost family members to murder.

Short Essay Questions

1. As the author ends the book, what do we begin to understand about the Red Queen Theory?

2. Why is male on male violence so detrimental?

3. What seems to be the best for most women and men and why?

4. What do studies on the pine mole show about the differences between male and female pine mole minds?

5. What do men universally prefer in their women?

6. What explanation is given at the beginning of Chapter 9?

7. When does sexual aversion to one's family occur?

8. What does female physiology support?

9. What also seems to work with evolution to create changes in men and women?

10. What is different between humans and primates?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why has sexual intercourse become a private matter among many humans? Is this a societal constraint that we have imposed on ourselves? Or, is it something that was biologically programmed into us? How does this aspect make us different from other species?

Essay Topic 2

Who developed the Red Queen Theory and what does the theory say? How does the Red Queen Theory assert itself throughout the history of animals? Give an example of how the Red Queen Theory works.

Essay Topic 3

As cheaters get caught, what happens to their ability to cheat? How does the Red Queen Theory say that cheaters will react to improved cheating detectors? Do you agree?

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