“…1974; Dixson, 2012;Heistermann et al, 2001;Strassmann, 1981;Symons, 1979). However, recent studies suggest that humans might exhibit subtle cues to ovulation (Gangestad & Thornhill, 2008;Haselton & Gildersleeve, 2011), though the evidence for overt cues to ovulation remains rather weak (Arslan, Schilling, Gerlach, & Penke, 2018;Welling & Puts, 2014). Some scholars have speculated that such subtlety in signalling might have evolved to deter unwanted male attention during peak fertility or to confuse paternity certainty after conception (Deschner et al, 2004;Nunn, 1999;Wallen & Zehr, 2004;Wolfe, 1979).…”