Hadza hunter-gatherer men do not have more masculine digit ratios (2D:4D).

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Abstract

The ratio between the length of the second and the length of the fourth digit (2D:4D) is sexually dimorphic such that males of many species possess a lower ratio than females, particularly in the right hand. Still, men and women often exhibit overlapping 2D:4D ranges and the ratio is highly variable between populations. In order to further explore populational variability, we chose to analyze 2D:4D in the Hadza, a population of hunter-gatherers living in Tanzania.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

Title: American journal of physical anthropology

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN (Electronic): 1096-8644

ISSN (Print): 0002-9483

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2016

Volume: 159

Issue: 2

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104.

[2 ] Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138.

[3 ] Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, CB2 3QG, UK.

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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22864

PubMed ID: 26354727

SO-VID: 486bf1e9-9d2c-4aef-b7b6-4a2efed7bea5

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Keywords: 2D:4D,Hadza,digit ratios,hunter-gatherers,sexual dimorphism

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Keywords: 2D:4D, Hadza, digit ratios, hunter-gatherers, sexual dimorphism

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