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   From: green_knight@greenknight.org.uk.invalid   
      
   Helen Hall wrote:   
      
   > Yes, the male could father more offspring if he had more partners,   
   > but if he helps one partner raise the young, then they're more likely to   
   > survive. There is not just one best male strategy, which you seem to be   
   > implying. There are several.   
      
   And similarily, the success in raising offspring for a female partnered   
   with a competent and dominant male is quite high. This is not the same   
   as only bearing the children fathered by said good provider, in fact,   
   that would be bad strategy for her.   
      
   Funny old world, innit?   
      
   Catja   
      
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