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#747 David Geary - Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences (Pt. 2)

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Intra-Sexual Competition in Primates

The biggest sex differences there are in physical size. The upper body of men is designed to use blunt force weapons, like hitting with gloves and projectile weapons for the throwing. In primates, lot of antagonistic sorts of behaviors among them related to status. They don't inflict life-threatening wounds on one another to the same extent that males do.

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