<u>Answer:</u>
This observation is most consistent with the sensory exploitation hypothesis.
Option: (C)
<u>Explanation:</u>
- The 'sensory exploitation hypothesis' states that the male sexual characters as adaptations are to exploit female reaction that is developed in non-sexual contexts.
- As we see the example in the case of female platy fishes, how they prefer the male fish having the artificial sword like structures that are attached to their tails.
- Sensory exploitation is a sensory bias that is applied to gain the probability of having better reproductive success.
Spanish colonies needed many workers because they needed to grow their crops, mine gold and silver, and work in their new cities. Spain wasn't able to have enough Spanish workers so they ended up taking Indians as their slaves, giving them very little food and water forcing thousands to die of starvation and overwork.
There is a cost of attending a college. The money and time that you spend on your education is an opportunity cost. You could the same amount of money and time for something else. What else could you do? What kind of lifestyle could you choose? What carrier would you have? All of these questions bear the concept of opportunity cost in this context.
The researchers are relying on anatomical classifications of chimpanzees and humans, as this is most appropriate when looking at adaptation and anatomy.
Because historically, many scientists have believed that we are an evolution of chimpanzees, since their anatomy resembles that of a modern person.
