By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 06:01 EST, 12 February 2013 | UPDATED: 06:01 EST, 12 February 2013 Sir Lancelot was prepared to risk his honour as a knight, death at the hands of the villain Maleagant, and even the wrath of his king to win the love of Queen Guinevere. And it seems modern men are little different from the knights of Arthurian legend. A new study reveals that men are willing to take dangerous gambles to get the attention of the opposite sex, and the romantic tendency is apparently firmly rooted in evolution. Sir Lancelot rides off with his lover Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur: A new study reveals that men are willing to take dangerous gambles to win the attention of the opposite sex - and the tendency is rooted in evolution
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Like Lancelot, men are willing to risk all for a woman's love
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Researchers say it evolved because risk-taking helped men attract a mate
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Tests show men are more willing to take risks where romance is involved
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