Some human traits may have arisen by sexual selection. Over thousands of years, women attracted to charming,  witty men perhaps prompted the development of human intellect beyond what was necessary for mere survival.  Men attracted to women with juvenile features may have shifted the species as a whole to be less hairy and softer  featured than any of our simian relatives. Can you think of a way to test this hypothesis?

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Some human traits may have arisen by sexual selection. Over thousands of years, women attracted to charming,  witty men perhaps prompted the development of human intellect beyond what was necessary for mere survival.  Men attracted to women with juvenile features may have shifted the species as a whole to be less hairy and softer  featured than any of our simian relatives. Can you think of a way to test this hypothesis?

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