A guest post by Jean Gogolin for Goodlife Zen
Show a man a picture of a pretty woman, says a Rebecca Coffey piece in the June 11 issue of Scientific American and he’s likely to bet more at the craps table, run a red light, or get the urge to wage war.
Why?
For the same reason bull elephants charge and lions roar: To say, “Hey — Look what a fearless stud I am!”
The insight, if that’s what it is, comes from a study by Lei Chang, a psychologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, along with colleagues at China’s Hebei University.
Chang and his fellow psychologists wondered whether clubs and guns are the human equivalent of antlers and horns, helping warriors to beat out more peaceable types in the competition for mates.
And... More...
