Differences between ethnic groups in sex dimorphism of adult height

Eveleth, Phyllis B.

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“…Previous research has found that actual body height has an inverse relationship to perceived facial masculinity (Windhager et al, 2011), and that geometrically defined scores of facial masculinity have no relationship with body height or apparent height from face images . While facial cues to apparent height and masculinity may not be entirely orthogonal facial parameters -indeed, men are taller than women in every culture studied (Eveleth, 1975;Gaulin and Boster, 1985) -the current results indicate that these cues have varying impacts on social judgments.…”

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Facial Cues to Perceived Height Influence Leadership Choices in Simulated War and Peace Contexts

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Body size and other signs of physical prowess are associated with leadership hierarchies in many social species. Here we (1) assess whether facial cues associated with perceived height and masculinity have different effects on leadership judgments in simulated wartime and peacetime contexts and (2) test how facial cues associated with perceived height and masculinity influence dominance perceptions. Results indicate that cues associated with perceived height and masculinity in potential leaders' faces are valued more in a wartime (vs. peacetime) context. Furthermore, increasing cues of apparent height and masculinity in faces increased perceived dominance. Together, these findings suggest that facial cues of physical stature contribute to establishing leadership hierarchies in humans.

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“…Though we have based the model upon body mass, the above conclusions qualitatively remain valid for body stature because of the strong correlation between human body mass and stature (e.g. Ferembach et al 1986). …”

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

Guégan

Teriokhin

Thomas

2000

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B

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In several animal sp ecies, change in sexual size dimorphism is a correlated response to selection on fecundity. In humans, di¡erent 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 p opulations results from the interaction between fertility and size-related obstetric complications. We ¢rst 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 a¡ect 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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“…Henry (1989, p. 196) is of the opinion that women are more susceptible to tuberculosis than men, and that this might be linked to hormonal changes that take place during puberty. As far as height is concerned, as indicated in the introduction, there might be biological differences between girls and boys: according to some researchers (Eveleth, 1975;Gray & Wolfe, 1980), girls may be able to cope better with malnutrition.…”

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“…Several researchers are of the opinion that boys are less resistant to malnutrition and its related diseases than girls (Eveleth, 1975;Gray & Wolfe, 1980). So, should the supply of food improve, this would imply that boys' height would increase faster than that of girls.…”

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Physical stature and biological living standards of girls and young women in the Netherlands, born between 1815 and 1865

Beer

2010

The History of the Family

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This is the first study in Dutch anthropometric historiography that describes and analyzes the development of the biological standard of living of girls and young women from the perspective of female adult stature. It is shown that adult stature of women, imprisoned in the second half of the nineteenth century and born between 1815 and 1865, slightly increased, approximately 1 cm. From 1850 onwards stature of women born in the cities notably increased. Development of female adult stature was compared to that of male stature; both were quite similar. No circumstantial evidence was found that girls or young women were on a disadvantage with respect to nutrition and (medical) care.

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Differences between ethnic groups in sex dimorphism of adult height

Cited by 86 publications

References 4 publications

Facial Cues to Perceived Height Influence Leadership Choices in Simulated War and Peace Contexts

Facial Cues to Perceived Height Influence Leadership Choices in Simulated War and Peace Contexts

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

Physical stature and biological living standards of girls and young women in the Netherlands, born between 1815 and 1865

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