Refuting Evolution

[Whateverist]

Actually I can think of a very good reason for why women develop breasts .

Sexual preference is a powerful mechanism in driving evolutionary development.(think of birds of paradise)

And there is no disputing that breasts are a powerful secondary sexual characteristic.

Therefore women that did grow breasts early were more likely to be selected by males and breed.

Therefore passing that gene to their daughters. After enough generations every female would have it.

People don't realise how much of an influence sexual selection has in evolution.

The problem with this idea is that to all other mammals, breasts are a sign of a nursing- and therefore reproductively less available- female. There is no reason why this wouldn't also have been true of our ancestors. Breasts have no sexual attraction to any other species. It is more reasonable to hypothesize that the attraction to breasts developed after the breasts themselves.

It's still an open question.

Interesting idea. I was agreeing with Zen but you have a point. Then again, when we look for what features the opposite sex is drawn to in other animals you sure find an odd assortment of things.

Perhaps you're both right. Maybe it isn't the breasts themselves which were originally the focus of attraction but rather the woman's stored body fat. In lean times a woman with the reserves to bear a child might have been an adaptive sexual attractant. The breasts are one place women put on body fat. Later, the breast itself in all its wonderful variation may have been singled out for special attention.

One thing I think we can all agree on is that breasts are hot, but not quite so hot as a shapely ass.