The orang-utan mating system and the unflanged male: A product of increased food stress during the late Miocene and Pliocene?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-293

  Harrison, Mark E ^a   Chivers, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male bimaturism; Mating systems; Orang utan; Paleoclimate; Sexual dimorphism; Sociality

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

HOMINOIDEA; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 33846936541     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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