• WatTyler
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    1 month ago

    Evolutionary, what advantage could this possibly hold?

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      1 month ago

      As a whole? Basically none. It’s advantageous for the males though, it’s something that evolved in a context of sexual conflicts (males and females have contradictory evolutionary optima). Here the males advantage is to have a many mates as possible while the female is advantaged by being choosy regarding its mate(s).

      Evolution is not always about optimising things for a whole species.