Please Define Why Evolution Created "Love"

[Scorched]

Please Define Why Evolution Created "Love".

I have my own opinion. I want to see what my peers have to say. I believe once a solid definition is found... It will make me and everyone else who understands it more self aware.

In case anyone doesn't understand my question, I'll try to define it further.

Evolution created a physical and mental attachment we know as LOVE, but why? Is it divine? Is it an illusion? Does our culture pressure us into being monogamist relationship as well as being in love? What are the weaknesses and strengths of -being in love-. etc...

 

[Play the Game]

It came about through group evolution. Most people think of evolution as individuals against each other but Darwin also talks about group evolution.

Picture this: you got tribe 1 and tribe 2.

Tribe 1 has a genetic disposition towards love. Therefore offspring are raised by both the father and the mother. Father is there to protect the offspring, which would give it a better chance for survival.

Tribe 2 doesn't have the same genetic trait. Only the mother raises the kids, and she can't fight off predators by herself. Her offspring die.

As a result Tribe 2 dies off, and you're left with Tribe 1.
Fast forward hundreds of thousands of years... and i'm royally pissed with mother nature.

 

[TruthHurts]

This is not a puzzle....has already been answered... first what a lot of people consider "love" is that initial bond i.e. honeymoon stage they get with a person.. It is actually there for about average of 1.5 years. That is the optimal length of time that will allow for offspring to survive. You can be the biggest stud, but if the women or their children dont survive, then your genes will die out from the gene pool.

LTR are based not on "love", but on compatibility (i.e. you like to do similar things, think the same and hence enjoy spending time together)...After while your so used to doing/spending time together, you cant live without the person...

Case closed, next question...

 

[SharinganUser]

Tribe 1: The tribes people don't sleep arround as much. People are more selective about who they sleep with.

Tribe 2: They sleep with anyone and end up diluting their tribe. Everyone becomes stupider.

 

[Fenderules]

i think its in our basic instincts.

i think the evolution of it came as our mind developed more.

Cause you can see that many animals do have the same kind of connection. Weather its a dog crying for his owner, or a mother and her pups.... it does exists there.

while other species seem to show no affection at all,

i think it is something that would have evolved prolly before the modern human evolved.

 

[Fenderules]

the development of a working conciousnous just brought it to a new level

 

[Last Man Standing]

Evolution does not "create" - God CREATES!!!! Wake up kid - The Matrix has you!!!

 

[NSUballer]

He is correct. Evolution is BS. Ever heard the saying God is love. God gave us the ability to love each other the way he loves us. Thats my understanding.