Still little evidence sex differences in spatial navigation are evolutionary adaptations

A putative male advantage in wayfinding ability is the most widely documented sex difference in human cognition and has also been observed in other animals. The common interpretation, the sex-specific adaptation hypothesis, posits that this male advantage evolved as an adaptive response to sex diffe...

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Main Authors: Connor M. Hults, Richard C. Francis, Edward K. Clint, Winter Smith, Elliott R. Sober, Theodore Garland, Justin S. Rhodes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2024-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231532