Sexual selection and the evolution of visually conspicuous sexually dimorphic traits in male monkeys, apes, and human beings.
Striking secondary sexual traits, such as brightly colored "sexual skin," capes of hair, beards, and other facial adornments occur in adult males of many anthropoid primate species. This review focuses upon the role of sexual selection in the evolution of these traits. A quantitative approach is used to measure sexually dimorphic characters and to compare their development in the monogamous, polygynous, and multimale-multifemale mating systems of monkeys, apes, and human beings.
Dixson
Alan
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School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. adixson@msn.com
Dixson
Barnaby
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Anderson
Matthew
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D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution; D000882:Haplorhini; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010152:Pair Bond; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012919:Social Behavior