The short legs of great apes: Evidence for aggressive behavior in australopiths

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 596-605

  Carrier, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fighting; Hominins; Hominoids; Male male competition; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTION; HOMINID; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIALIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; LEG; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; LEG; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 34247485474     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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