Average human males are most likely to be attracted to women with a waist to hip ratio of 0.72.  Women with this waist to hip ratio are also the most fertile.  By being attracted to women with a waist to hip ratio, a male is increasing his chances of having children and thus improve his ____ .  

A.  longevity
B.  gene flow
C.  fitness
D.  allele frequency


C.  fitness

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