Still little evidence sex differences in spatial navigation are evolutionary adaptations
Connor M. Hults,
Richard C. Francis,
Edward K. Clint
et al.
Abstract:A putative male advantage in wayfinding ability is the most widely documented sex difference in human cognition and has also been observed in other animals. The common interpretation, the sex-specific adaptation hypothesis, posits that this male advantage evolved as an adaptive response to sex differences in home range size. A previous study a decade ago tested this hypothesis by comparing sex differences in home range size and spatial ability among 11 species and found no relationship. However, the study was … Show more
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