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Anthropology chapter 7
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
09/24/2012

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polygynous
Definition
refers to a social group that includes one adult male, several adult females, and their offspring
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polyandrous
Definition
refers to a social group that includes one reproductively active female, several adult males, and their offspring
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monogamous
Definition
refers to a social group that includes an adult male, and adult female, and their offspring
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sexual selection
Definition
the frequency of traits that change due to those traits' attractiveness to members of the opposite sex
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infanticide
Definition
the killing of a juvenile
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altruistic
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refers to a behavior that benefits others while being a disadvantage to the individual.
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kin selection
Definition
altruistic behaviors that increase the donor's inclusive fitness, that is, the fitness of the donor's relatives
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