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Sexual selection, the division of labor, and the evolution of sex differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

David C. Geary
David C. Geary
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-2500 [email protected]
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Abstract

Sexual selection traditionally involves male-male competition and female choice, but in some species, including humans, sexual selection can also involve female-female competition and male choice. The degree to which one aspect of sexual selection or another is manifest in human populations will be influenced by a host of social and ecological variables, including the operational sex ratio. These variables are discussed in connection with the relative contribution of sexual selection and the division of labor to the evolution of human sex differences.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 444 - 447
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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