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And now the science:

Male Chimps Prefer Mature Sex: Study

PARIS (AFP) - Male chimps, unlike their human counterparts, show a distinct sexual preference for females on the riper side of life, an American anthropologist reported in a paper.

Contrary to his own expectations, Martin Muller of Boston University found after years of observation that male chimpanzees consistently sought out the oldest females within a troop for sexual intercourse.

The startling discovery -- especially when contrasted with the sexual proclivities of humans, a close evolutionary cousin -- suggests that socialization plays a larger role in male-female relations that is commonly assumed.

Given this common ancestry between chimps and Homo sapiens, "the masculine preference for young woman is a derived human trait, probably due to the tendency to form long-term relationships between couples," Muller and his co-authors concluded.

A female chimpanzee reaches sexual maturity when she is about 10 years old, visible in the form of a pink protuberance around the genitals. During the estrous cycle -- when, in other words, the female is on heat -- it swells considerably, causing males to become aroused.

Males have the run of the field, and will typically copulate in succession with half-a-dozen willing partners, who sometimes literally line up to wait their turn.

But those who have been around the longest are more likely to attract the males amorous attentions.

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