Dymorfizm płciowy południowoafrykańskich australopiteków
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2010
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań
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The aim of this research was to determine the degree and pattern of sexual dimorphism in the
South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids – the australopithecines – and to relate these to extant
African apes (of known sex, behavior and ecology) in order to make suggestions about
aspects of social behavior of these early hominids. The results are based on metrical analyses of
craniofacial and dental remains. The magnitude of sexual dimorphism was evaluated by various
statistical methods, based on assessing parameters of distribution of variables. This work
reveals that the South African “robust” australopithecines possessed a combination of small
canine size dimorphism and increased (almost gorilla-like) level of facial dimorphism.
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Kaszycka, K.A., Dymorfizm płciowy południowoafrykańskich australopiteków. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2010, s. 244
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978-83-232-2195-1