unique_freak
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Natural selection made women feel more physically attracted to tall men than short men. Natural Selection's making women feel more attracted to tall men than to short men happened in prehistoric times. In prehistoric times, if a women had children with a short man, the woman's children would be less likely to survive to adulthood. In prehistoric times, if a woman had children with a tall man, the woman's children would be more likely to survive. The reason is that if a woman had children with a short man, a tall man would likely come along and beat up the short man or otherwise bully/intimidate the short man into no longer being the woman's mate. This is because tall men tend to have a natural physical advantage in a physical fight with a short man. The woman who gave birth to the short man's children would have to mate with the tall man, or she would have no mate at all, as the tall man would not allow the short man to mate with her. The tall man would be willing to take care of his own children with the woman, but the tall man would not be willing to take care of the short man's children with the woman. Therefore, if a woman mated with a tall man in the first place instead of a short man, the woman's children would be far more likely to survive. This theory is the consensus among anthropologists as to why natural selection made women feel more physically attracted to tall men than short men. The theory seems plausible to me.
Some people might say something like "I find your theory hard to believe since a tall men is not immune to a spear or being clubbed."
Here is how I respond to that: People lived in tribes in prehistoric times. Spears and clubs are lethal weapons. Fists are a lot less lethal. A tall men would presumably still have a physical advantage in a spear fight or a club fight, partially due to having a larger reach. Of course, a short man could club or spear a tall man to death while he was sleeping, but murdering a person in cold blood would probably have huge repercussions that winning a fair fist fight would not have. If a short man clubbed or speared a tall man to death while the tall man was sleeping, it would probably turn the entire tribe against the short man and also spark a blood feud where the tall man's relatives try to kill the short man. BUt if a tall man won a fist fight against a short man (in competition for a woman) in which nobody died, prehistoric people would probably just forget about it, and it would not turn the entire tribe against the tall man or spark a blood feud. I cannot give any evidence that that is how prehistoric people would view it. By definition, prehistoric people did not leave any written records. But to me, it seems like it is common sense that winning a fair fist fight would not turn a tribe against someone like murdering someone in cold blood would.
Some people might say something like "I find your theory hard to believe since a tall men is not immune to a spear or being clubbed."
Here is how I respond to that: People lived in tribes in prehistoric times. Spears and clubs are lethal weapons. Fists are a lot less lethal. A tall men would presumably still have a physical advantage in a spear fight or a club fight, partially due to having a larger reach. Of course, a short man could club or spear a tall man to death while he was sleeping, but murdering a person in cold blood would probably have huge repercussions that winning a fair fist fight would not have. If a short man clubbed or speared a tall man to death while the tall man was sleeping, it would probably turn the entire tribe against the short man and also spark a blood feud where the tall man's relatives try to kill the short man. BUt if a tall man won a fist fight against a short man (in competition for a woman) in which nobody died, prehistoric people would probably just forget about it, and it would not turn the entire tribe against the tall man or spark a blood feud. I cannot give any evidence that that is how prehistoric people would view it. By definition, prehistoric people did not leave any written records. But to me, it seems like it is common sense that winning a fair fist fight would not turn a tribe against someone like murdering someone in cold blood would.