How are human mating patterns different from those of most if not all other species?

Question

How are human mating patterns different from those of most if not all other species?

Answer 1

Actually, there is a lot of differences! Since our babies remains a long time helpless compare to the almost instant autonomy for animals offsprings give birth too, we are forced to remained in couples for a few years, time that the baby can become autonomous thus freeing the hands of the mother to do other things! At a certain stage of our evolutions, baby were used to crappled their mother with both their hands and feet, but when we become biped, the babies lose to abilities to crapple by the feet and body hair became more rare (since they were mainly capable to crappled themselves on the body hair of their mother), so the mother were forced to carry their child exposing themselves to potential predators (can`t defend), so the father was to remain close to the child and the mother to defend them until the baby could grow old enough to walk by himselve.

But women todays still react when an ''Alpha'' male come around them, some will disregard it, but still... Pheromones are playing an important role even todays, when many girls are living together, when one of the girl will ovulate, all the others living closed to her will too! So this coordination is a kind of natural competition to become fertile as fast as the other girls. As for the positions, since we are the only permanent bibed animal on this planet, we got much more diversity in our positions, which is not to neglect, as it still plays an important role today. Peoples would just not accept a sexual life in the same boring position all their life! But most Animals can! Its about it I guess...

Answer 2

Most, if not all, other species don't need singles bars . . . .

and I've never heard any other mammals ask, "Hey, you come here often?" or "Wow, what's your sign?"

Answer 3

There is nothing unique about our mating patterns except our positions, which is a physical adaptation. But very few animals mate just for pleasure. We are among that select few.

Bonobos come to mind as the other.

Answer 4

Most other species mate to procreate and not for pleasure.

Answer 5

Humans require a lot of money.

Answer 6

they aren't different. in fact some other species mate for life, where as humans are not by nature monogamous . If we were there would be far less infidelity .

Answer 7

We use deception . . .