Sexual Selection and the Male:Female Mortality Ratio
This paper extends the evolutionary understanding of sex differences in mortality rates by quantifying and graphically examining the overall Male to Female Mortality Ratio (M:F MR) for 11 specific leading causes of death across age groups in the USA, over the course of the lifespan in 20 different c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490400200112 |