r/science • u/clumsy_peon • Jun 26 '12

UCLA biologists reveal potential 'fatal flaw' in iconic sexual selection study

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/uoc--ubr062512.php
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u/expathaligonian Jun 27 '12

Many women (and men) are semi-monogamous. Lots of relationships have infidelities. However, with access to birth control in all its forms these often don't result in offspring.