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Sep 2026
The deadliest primate: Contest competition and the evolution of human males.
Many human sex differences can be explained by positing an evolutionary past in which males used force or threat against competitors to win mates. We review phenotypic, phylogenetic, archaeological, paleontological, genetic, and other evidence that this form of sexual selection-contest competition-played an important r...
David A. Puts, S. Koohgard
· Journal of Human Evolution · 0 citations