Sentence examples for honest mating from inspiring English sources

Because the social control hypothesis suggests that social interactions can contribute to honest sexual signaling, this hypothesis is similar to indicator models (Zahavi 1975) in which the evolutionary stability of honest mating signals is maintained by the costs of producing or maintaining them.

He grinned and said: "To be honest, mate, we've just had more bottle this year".

"To be honest, mate, it's pretty good for your credit rating as well," she tells one non-voting university student.

Don't really read that much, if I'm honest mate.

Looking Back On CHeistmas 20 Years Ago to See if the World Really Was a Better Place.

You know: I really don't care if you're having a baby, to be honest, mate, but while you're here, who is the birth mother?

He is actually quite a good mate of mine, to be honest.

Interestingly, the resurgent, contemporary version of sexual selection theory is largely organized around the Neo Wallacean assumption that the evolution of mating preferences will be dictated by strong natural selection for honest indicators of male quality or mating efficiency, and does not follow Darwin's own arbitrary, aesthetic view (Cronin 1991; Prum 2010, 2012).

Do not mate or use mating terms!

They are now mating.

Exactly why helping behaviours in a non-mating context might be attractive to potential mates, and whether they are honest signals of mate quality, remains to be elucidated.