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Tall men have more reproductive success

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  • B. Pawlowski

    (University of Wroclaw)

  • R. I. M. Dunbar

    (ESRC Research Centre in Economic Learning and Social Evolution, School of Biological Sciences)

  • A. Lipowicz

    (Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Sexual selection is a well established evolutionary process based on preferences for specific traits in one sex by members of the other sex. It is important in the evolution of morphological traits, and several sexually dimorphic traits in humans, such as facial hair and facial shape1, are assumed to be the outcome of such a process. Here we demonstrate that taller men are reproductively more successful than shorter men, indicating that there is active selection for stature in male partners by women.

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  • B. Pawlowski & R. I. M. Dunbar & A. Lipowicz, 2000. "Tall men have more reproductive success," Nature, Nature, vol. 403(6766), pages 156-156, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:403:y:2000:i:6766:d:10.1038_35003107
    DOI: 10.1038/35003107
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    1. Olivier Bargain & Jinan Zeidan, 2017. "Stature, Skills and Adult Life Outcomes: Evidence from Indonesia," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(6), pages 873-890, June.
    2. Günter Hitsch & Ali Hortaçsu & Dan Ariely, 2010. "What makes you click?—Mate preferences in online dating," Quantitative Marketing and Economics (QME), Springer, vol. 8(4), pages 393-427, December.
    3. Vincenzo Carrieri & Maria De Paola, 2011. "The Effects Of Peoples’ Height And Relative Height On Well-Being," Working Papers 201110, Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Economia, Statistica e Finanza "Giovanni Anania" - DESF.
    4. Sorokowski, Piotr & Sorokowska, Agnieszka & Danel, Dariusz P., 2013. "Why pigs are important in Papua? Wealth, height and reproductive success among the Yali tribe of West Papua," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 382-390.
    5. Valery Krupnik & Mariya V. Cherkasova, 2014. "Size Matters Stature Is Related to Diagnoses of Depression in Young Military Men," SAGE Open, , vol. 4(3), pages 21582440145, July.
    6. Thompson, Kristina & Portrait, France & Lindeboom, Maarten, 2022. "Is paternal height related to fertility outcomes? Evidence from the Netherlands during the secular growth trend," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 47(C).

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