Tall men have more reproductive success

B. Pawlowski, R. I. M. Dunbar () and A. Lipowicz
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B. Pawlowski: University of Wroclaw
R. I. M. Dunbar: ESRC Research Centre in Economic Learning and Social Evolution, School of Biological Sciences
A. Lipowicz: Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Nature, 2000, vol. 403, issue 6766, 156-156

Abstract: Abstract Sexual selection is a well established evolutionary process based on preferences for specific traits in one sex by members of the other sex. It is important in the evolution of morphological traits, and several sexually dimorphic traits in humans, such as facial hair and facial shape1, are assumed to be the outcome of such a process. Here we demonstrate that taller men are reproductively more successful than shorter men, indicating that there is active selection for stature in male partners by women.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35003107

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