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[morphy@alumni.caltech.edu (Jones M. Murphy, Jr.)]

In article  tonyc@foe.co.uk (Tony Canning) writes:

>Lekking is a form of group courtship/display behaviour, when a group of male 
>animals gather together, usually at the same site year by year, and display.
>Females arrive and observe the activity, and apparently choose a male to mate
>with.  This is usually seen as a classic case of sexual selection.  The group
>of males is known as a lek, hence lekking.  It is a behaviour adopted by 
>several
>species of birds and frogs, but I can't think of any other examples offhand.

How about humans? There are many examples of this kind of behaviour in many 
cultures.
Jones