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Incest Avoidance Evolved In Humans

: a) because breeding among close relatives leads to a higher proportion of offspring with genetic defects and, consequently, reduced fitness. b) because breeding among close relatives leads to a higher proportion of offspring with increased fitness. c) because population numbers continued to increase. d) because many bees, wasps, and ants can inflict painful, and even fatal, stings and bites. e) because in early human societies, alliances could be achieved by marrying the chief's daughter to the son of the chief of a different tribe.
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because breeding among close relatives leads to a higher proportion of offspring with genetic defects and, consequently, reduced fitness.

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