Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals

To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality. We show that humans exhibit lower reproductive skew (i.e., inequality in the number of surviving offspring) among males and smaller sex differences in reprod...

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Main Authors: Ross, CT, Hooper, PL, Smith, JE, Jaeggi, AV, Smith, EA, Gavrilets, S, Zohora, FT, Ziker, J, Xygalatas, D, Wroblewski, EE, Wood, B, Winterhalder, B, Willführ, KP, Willard, AK, Walker, K, von Rueden, C, Voland, E, Valeggia, C, Vaitla, B, Urlacher, S, Towner, M, Sum, C-Y, Sugiyama, LS, Strier, KB, Starkweather, K, Major-Smith, D, Shenk, M, Sear, R, Seabright, E, Schacht, R, Scelza, B, Scaggs, S, Salerno, J, Revilla-Minaya, C, Redhead, D, Pusey, A, Purzycki, BG, Power, EA, Pisor, A, Pettay, J, Perry, S, Page, AE, Pacheco-Cobos, L, Oths, K, Oh, S-Y, Nolin, D, Nettle, D, Moya, C, Migliano, AB, Mertens, KJ, El Mouden, C, Cohen. E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2023