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Since Males Are Slightly Larger Than Females,it Follows That Humans

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Since males are slightly larger than females,it follows that humans tend to be primarily
monogamous and slightly polygynous.


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Allometric Growth

Variation in the relative rates of growth for different parts of the body during development.

Macroevolution

Large-scale evolutionary events over long time spans. Macroevolution results in phenotypic changes in populations that are significant enough to warrant their placement in taxonomic groups at the species level and higher. Compare with microevolution.

Adaptive Radiation

The rapid diversification of a single ancestor species into a wide variety of forms with different ecological niches.

Ancestral Species

A species from which two or more species evolved, serving as a common predecessor in the evolutionary tree.

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