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Stay or stray? Evidence for alternative mating strategy phenotypes in both men and women

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In all comparative analyses, humans always fall on the borderline between obligate monogamy and polygamy. Here, we use behavioural indices (sociosexuality) and anatomical indices (prenatal testosterone exposure indexed by 2D : 4D digit ratio) from three human populations to show that this may be because there are two distinct phenotypes in both sexes. While males are more promiscuous and display higher prenatal testosterone exposure than females overall, our analyses also suggest that the wit...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1098/rsbl.2014.0977

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Experimental Psychology
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-4606-9543
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Royal Society Publisher's website
Journal:
Biology Letters Journal website
Volume:
11
Issue:
2
Pages:
ARTN 20140977
Publication date:
2015-02-01
Acceptance date:
2015-01-13
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EISSN:
1744-957X
ISSN:
1744-9561
Pmid:
25652222
Language:
English
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pubs:506648
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uuid:05fe6776-b9eb-4d17-843d-dc0a20af7ccc
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pubs:506648
Source identifiers:
506648
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2019-08-02

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