I'm not saying they prioritized sex, but in their daily life even as their safety was at risk sex was still part of it. When you've retreated to the safety of caves a lot of sex happens. The urge for sex is like hunger it comes and requests satisfaction.
Saying "I'm not saying they prioritized sex" then following it up a sentence that says they still did sounds conflicting. Say they prioritized sex but it was not a top priority compared to escape and eliminating predators is a better response.
That's how secondary can outshine the first. In the case of the early man staying alive was important but nothing compared to the insane effects of easy sex and reproduction.
I think you mistook effect as a priority than the cause that brought about the effect. If you don't survive, you can't have sex. If you can't have sex, you can still survive. I get the point you're trying to drive with sex being the real MVP here and I'm challenging that argument where you just circle around and around that it no longer adds value to your main point being challenged.
It doesn't matter how females picked their mates because at the end of the day they picked someone.
This is the part where I disagree strongly. Females don't pick males that are sickly or do not have the physical traits that could give confidence that their genes are good enough to be carried to the next generation. Their survival depends on how good they can be fertilized by a capable mate. We're still talking about primitive mating here right? Instinctual survival of the species? if so, then your argument that females don't care about who they mate contradicts how primate species tend to have an alpha male and several female on the harem.
What comes after this survival which is sex and geometric progression
This whole article says, sex is the real MVP but you just keep ending up agreeing on sex happens after they escape predation or eliminate threat which brings support to my claim that sex was a secondary priority in contrast to your claim it is an MVP.
How? I said they didn't prioritize sex but it was part of their lives. How is saying it was part of their lives still me saying it was a priority?
I'm not saying females don't care who they mate, I'm saying whatever selection process they went through at the end of the day they selected someone didn't they? All that matters is they ended up picking someone at last.
Also why are you talking about sex like it was all about a female selecting? Why are you not considering the fact that men also force their way?
I've given two analogies to explain this, what do you have to say about them?
Since you get the point do you agree or disagree with it? Even if you say it was secondary priority does that mean it still isn't MVP?
You wouldn't be incorporating an activity that improves survival if it isn't a priority to your daily routine.
I didn't say it was all about female selection for potential mating. Quote me what part did I specifically mention it was all about female selection for potential mating? and why did you assume I am not considering "fact that men also force their way?"? I could but I don't think using that argument helps my point.
That the article is a click-bait and an exaggeration.
I disagree with the article being sex as a real MVP as what it claims and our conversation further convinced me it is.