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Human fertility variation, size-related obstetrical performance and the evolution of sexual stature dimorphism

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healthcare

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paper
Créateur:
GuéTerTho
Éditeur:
CenLom
Éditeur:
CCSDRoy
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International audience In several animal species, change in sexual size dimorphism is a correlated response to selection on fecundity. In humans, different hypotheses have been proposed to explain the variation of sexual dimorphism in stature, but no consensus has yet emerged. In this paper, we evaluate from a theoretical and an empirical point of view the hypothesis that the extent of sexual dimorphism in human populations results from the interaction between fertility and size-related obstetric complications. We first developed an optimal evolutionary model based on extensive simulations and then we performed a comparative analysis for a total set of 38 countries worldwide. Our optimization modelling shows that size-related mortality factors do indeed have the potential to affect the extent of sexual stature dimorphism. Comparative analysis using generalized linear modelling supports the idea that maternal death caused by deliveries and complications of pregnancy (a variable known to be size related) could be a key determinant explaining variation in sexual stature dimorphism across populations. We discuss our results in relation to other hypotheses on the evolution of sexual stature dimorphism in humans.

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AnthropologyFertilityMaternal mortalityStatureSexual dimorphismMESH: Biological EvolutionMESH: Body HeightMESH: FemaleMESH: FertilityMESH: Humans+6

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess

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