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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Securing mates？
Does "securing mates" mean "defending mates" or "making their mates safe"?
Context:
Sexual selection
Context:
Sexual selection
- abstract:
Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection in which some individuals outreproduce others of a population because they are better at securing mates. The concept was introduced by Charles Darwin in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, as a significant element of his theory of natural selection.
Top answer
It just means 'obtaining mates', ie finding people to mate with.
- It just means 'obtaining mates', ie finding people to mate with.
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