Chapter 5: Part 2

Question 1

Blank is used as a cue to youthfulness, reproductive endocrinologist status, and how low long-term health risk in women

Answer 1

low waist-to-hip ratio

Question 2

men show a preference for a slight BLANK that would have been beneficial in ancestral times

Answer 2

curvature of the lower spine

this has come from wearing heels to exaggerate the lumbar curvature, create the appearance of longer legs, and emphasize hips during walking

Question 3

sexual selection puts pressure on females to develop more obvious and costly signals of their fertility and quality at the cost of complicating nursing

Answer 3

likely evolved preferences for larger breasts, linked to estrogen and fertility

Question 4

feminine features were used as cues to

Answer 4

estrogen production that displayed immune system strength