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| | Section II: Hominid Evolution |
 | | Chimp behavior can suggest how the female hominid may have gone about choosing the father of her child, for it is with the premise that the early hominid female participates in choosing her copulation partner, just as in chimpanzee society, that this theory begins to fall into place. |
 | | Briefly, we are proposing that for two million years, up to approximately 100,000 to 40,000 years ago, hominid evolution was driven by the criteria females used to select males for their procreation partners (Tanner, 1981) included males who were increasingly cooperative, social, and less aggressive (Young 1971). |
 | | In the hominid society, as in chimp and bonobo society (Goodall, 1988; Kano, 1992), the females shared in the decision to mate. |
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