Comments on: NCBI ROFL: The best men are (not always) already taken: female preference for single versus attached males depends on conception risk. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/01/20/ncbi-rofl-the-best-men-are-not-always-already-taken-female-preference-for-single-versus-attached-males-depends-on-conception-risk/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matthew http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/01/20/ncbi-rofl-the-best-men-are-not-always-already-taken-female-preference-for-single-versus-attached-males-depends-on-conception-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-86245 Matthew Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:02:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20581#comment-86245 I wouldn't expect all that in an abstract, but if it's not in the article itself, I would be VERY concerned. I wouldn’t expect all that in an abstract, but if it’s not in the article itself, I would be VERY concerned.

]]> By: BJM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/01/20/ncbi-rofl-the-best-men-are-not-always-already-taken-female-preference-for-single-versus-attached-males-depends-on-conception-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-86131 BJM Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20581#comment-86131 "That's quite a leap, you know" I agree.  I would think that genes coding for  a poor partner and poor parent would be poor genes. “That’s quite a leap, you know”

I agree.  I would think that genes coding for  a poor partner and poor parent would be poor genes.

]]> By: Stephan Zielinski http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/01/20/ncbi-rofl-the-best-men-are-not-always-already-taken-female-preference-for-single-versus-attached-males-depends-on-conception-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-86127 Stephan Zielinski Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:21:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20581#comment-86127 Come.  Sit.  Have some delicious evolutionary psychology Kool-Aid.  Let's sing a wonderful song!  "Biology is destiny, this I know / Because Just So Stories tell me so"... Come.  Sit.  Have some delicious evolutionary psychology Kool-Aid.  Let’s sing a wonderful song!  ”Biology is destiny, this I know / Because Just So Stories tell me so”…

]]> By: Locke http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/01/20/ncbi-rofl-the-best-men-are-not-always-already-taken-female-preference-for-single-versus-attached-males-depends-on-conception-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-86110 Locke Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:39:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20581#comment-86110 Citations? Evidence? No mention of the obvious like peers and alcohol? Citations? Evidence? No mention of the obvious like peers and alcohol?

]]> By: Matthew http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/01/20/ncbi-rofl-the-best-men-are-not-always-already-taken-female-preference-for-single-versus-attached-males-depends-on-conception-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-86108 Matthew Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:56:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=20581#comment-86108 “Because men of higher genetic quality tend to be poorer partners and parents than men of lower genetic quality..." Wait, how do we know that?!  Has that been tested?  That's quite a leap, you know. “Because men of higher genetic quality tend to be poorer partners and parents than men of lower genetic quality…”
Wait, how do we know that?!  Has that been tested?  That’s quite a leap, you know.

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