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Being fit serves many goals other than attracting a mate. I wouldn’t personally even put it in the top 3, although admittedly most people probably would.
by emerged 5y ago
Being fit serves many goals other than attracting a mate. I wouldn’t personally even put it in the top 3, although admittedly most people probably would.
- h0l0cube 5y agoKeeping fit permits a longer lifespan, which can be important for the evolutionary fitness of grand kids. Also, I'm being a bit facetious, I don't believe all our behavior neatly fits into evolutionary motivations, and the science doesn't claim such rigidity. It does, however, have startling explanatory power about a bunch of things we do. I'd suggest watching the lecture series in the sibling thread