I originally wrote "female selection didn't happen much in human society" but changed it since those societies were rather fringe and aren't the dominant human society.
I know there were pockets of it. I remember watching a documentary on a small chinese ethnic group that practiced matriarchy and polygamy. But that's not the dominant nor the successful human society.
99% of human beings live in a patriarchical society. China, Europe, Americas, most of africa, Middle East, etc.
Edit: Here is the PBS documentary if anyone is interested.
Most of the matriarchies were in Africa, and they were decimated completely when European colonizers showed up.
There were a few matriarchies elsewhere, but not many.
Most human societies were patriarchies.
It would be interesting, from a purely scientific point of view, to see what the african matriarchies would have developed into? How does that sort of thing affect development? Etc.
I know there were pockets of it. I remember watching a documentary on a small chinese ethnic group that practiced matriarchy and polygamy. But that's not the dominant nor the successful human society.
99% of human beings live in a patriarchical society. China, Europe, Americas, most of africa, Middle East, etc.
Edit: Here is the PBS documentary if anyone is interested.
https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2005/07/introductio...
And the chinese ethnic group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosuo