Big-bodied males help us recognize that females have big pelves
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8312882 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R G Tague (0000-0003-2453-9281, Louisiana State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 392-405 |
| Publication date | 2005-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.20226 |
| PMID | 15624207 |
| OpenAlex | W2048120622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 53 |
Schultz ([1949] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 7:401-424) presented a conundrum: among primates, sexual dimorphism of the pelvis is a developmental adjunct to dimorphism in other aspects of the body, albeit in the converse direction. Among species in which males are larger than females in body size, females are larger than males in some pelvic dimensions; species with little sexual dimorphism in nonpelvic size show little pelvic dimorphism. Obstetrical difficulty does not explain this relationship. The present study addresses this issue, evaluating the relationship between pelvic and femoral sexual dimorphism in 12 anthropoid species. The hypothesis is that species in which males are significantly larger than females in femoral size will have a higher incidence, magnitude, and variability of pelvic sexual dimorphism, with females having relatively larger pelves than males, compared with species monomorphic in femoral size. The results are consistent with the hypothesis. The proposed explanation is that the default pelvic anatomy in adulthood is that of the female; testosterone redirects growth from the default type to that of the male by differentially enhancing and repressing growth among the pelvic dimensions. Testosterone also influences sexual dimorphism of the femur. The magnitude of the pelvic response to testosterone is greater in species that are sexually dimorphic in the femur than in those that are monomorphic
Biology · Femur · Pelvis · Sex characteristics · Sexual dimorphism · Testosterone (patch) · Zoology · Anatomy · Endocrinology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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Sexual dimorphism in the size and shape of the non‐obstetric pelvis across anthropoids
Bony pelvic canal size and shape in relation to body proportionality in humans
Ontogeny of the male femur
Differential investment in body girths by sex
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Variation in pelvic size between males and females
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Commonalities in dimorphism and variability in the anthropoid pelvis, with implications for the fossil record
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Functional aspects of pelvic morphology in simian Primates
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
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| Citations per year | 1,35 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |