[John O]

It's a mistake to confuse what the article calls preference - i.e. behavioral barriers to mating - with human decision making. Behavioral isolation is hard wired into animals, whereas humans can choose with whom to mate.

Which is getting to my point. The article was sloppily worded. or the definition of "prefers" was incorrect.

[Dimensio]

Which is getting to my point. The article was sloppily worded. or the definition of "prefers" was incorrect.

Or maybe you're trying to pick nits because you can't argue with the actual findings.