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  • Male chimps put age before beauty when searching for a mate

    11/20/2006 11:53:37 PM PST · by MadIvan · 5 replies · 290+ views
    The Times ^ | November 21, 2006 | Lewis Smith
    Male chimpanzees have a penchant for a toyboy lifestyle and would far rather pair off with an older female than find one of their own age, a study has found.To a young male chimp there is nothing so attractive as wrinkles, sagging skin and bald patches in a female who is old enough to be his great-great-grandmother. Young women in human society can find themselves faced with a queue of men hoping to buy them a drink, but in chimpanzee communities it is the experienced female who is regarded as the epitome of beauty. The toll that age and a...