From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest
nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that …

Sexual dimorphism is a pervasive phenomenon among anthropoid primates. Comparative
analyses over the past 30 years have greatly expanded our understanding of both variation …

The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of
reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two …

Why do males and females frequently differ so markedly in body size and morphology? Sex,
Size, and Gender Roles is the first book to investigate the genetic, developmental, and …

Accumulation of noncoding DNA and therefore genome size (C-value) may be under strong
selection toward increase of body size accompanied by low metabolic costs. C-value directly …

Sex Differences serves as an advanced text for courses in evolutionary and human biology,
psychology, and sexuality and gender studies. It also serves as a reference source for …

Sexual size dimorphism is generally associated with sexual selection via agonistic male
competition in nonhuman primates. These primate models play an important role in …

Both sexual selection and natural selection can influence the form of dimorphism in
secondary sexual traits. Here, we used a comparative approach to examine the relative …

The macaques are the most geographically widespread and behaviourally diverse primate
genus. Many of the diversified features of social behaviour and organization in this genus …

Sexual size dimorphism shows a remarkably widespread relationship to body size in the
animal kingdom: within lineages, it decreases with size when females are the larger sex, but …