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Mate choice is a far-reaching decision. This appears to be true from a subjective perspective, considering that people typically spend much of their nonworking hours with their mates. This also appears true from an evolutionary perspec-tive, considering that people usually stock their offspring with half of their chosen mates ’ genes. Thus, there should be considerable subjective and evolutionary pressures to get one’s mate choice “right. ” But what guides human mate pref