Originally Posted by
atomic sagebrush
Exactly! And taking it further, even into adulthood, a guy who has had ample calories in childhood is going to have a way better chance to compete for a mate to hand down his genes than a guy who has never had enough food his entire life. Our genes "want" to survive, so it makes total sense that if our environment is more conducive to a daughter surviving/reproducing, that is what we'll have.
I rem. the day when I first found the Trivers Willard hypothesis...my hands started shaking and I broke out in a sweat and everything. I thought, this is it, this is the reason why all these things would work! I was freaking out for days afterwards!!! It made SO much sense whereas timing never made any sense to me at all, why would it matter?? And calcium intake did not apply to me personally so I had a hard time buying into it. Then within a month I found the Maternal Dominance Hypothesis and the blood glucose stuff and I am still in awe that no smart person has put this stuff all together yet.