Geary David C, Vigil Jacob, Byrd-Craven Jennifer
Department of Psychology, 210 McAlester Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-2500, USA.
J Sex Res. 2004 Feb;41(1):27-42. doi: 10.1080/00224490409552211.
This article provides a review of evolutionary theory and empirical research on mate choices in nonhuman species and uses it as a frame for understanding the how and why of human mate choices. The basic principle is that the preferred mate choices and attendant social cognitions and behaviors of both women and men, and those of other species, have evolved to focus on and exploit the reproductive potential and reproductive investment of members of the opposite sex. Reproductive potential is defined as the genetic, material, and/or social resources an individual can invest in offspring, and reproductive investment is the actual use of these resources to enhance the physical and social well- being of offspring. Similarities and differences in the mate preferences and choices of women and men are reviewed and can be understood in terms of similarities and differences in the form of reproductive potential that women and men have to offer and their tendency to use this potential for the well-being of children.
本文回顾了关于非人类物种配偶选择的进化理论和实证研究，并以此为框架来理解人类配偶选择的方式和原因。基本原则是，男性和女性以及其他物种的偏好配偶选择以及随之而来的社会认知和行为，已经进化到专注于并利用异性成员的生殖潜力和生殖投资。生殖潜力被定义为个体可以投资于后代的基因、物质和/或社会资源，而生殖投资是这些资源用于提升后代身体和社会福祉的实际运用。本文还回顾了男性和女性在配偶偏好和选择上的异同，这些异同可以从男性和女性所能提供的生殖潜力形式以及他们为子女福祉利用这种潜力的倾向的异同来理解。
