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Anthropologist David Puts explains biological and behavioral differences between men and women in terms of evolutionary competition to win the best mate.
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Anthropologist David Puts explains biological and behavioral differences between men and women in terms of evolutionary competition to win the best mate. “When two drunken men fight over a woman, alcohol and stupidity may not be the only things at work. Sadly, evolution may have shaped men to behave this way.”

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