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... infanticide enables genetically superior males to reproduce more than in- ferior ones , a result that leads to the ... infanticide is a maladaptive reaction to overcrowding and an altered environment . Hypothesis Testing The existence of ...
... infanticide enables genetically superior males to reproduce more than in- ferior ones , a result that leads to the ... infanticide is a maladaptive reaction to overcrowding and an altered environment . Hypothesis Testing The existence of ...
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... infanticide by adult male animals and comparing the ecology of these other species with that of the langurs . There are a variety of similar cases of infanticide by males in other nonhuman primates in which infant deaths coincide with a ...
... infanticide by adult male animals and comparing the ecology of these other species with that of the langurs . There are a variety of similar cases of infanticide by males in other nonhuman primates in which infant deaths coincide with a ...
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... infanticide occurs in many other contexts and may have as many as eight distinct evolved functions [ 516 , 656 ] , there is enough evidence to suggest that infanticide by adult male langurs fits a particular adaptive pattern . The fact ...
... infanticide occurs in many other contexts and may have as many as eight distinct evolved functions [ 516 , 656 ] , there is enough evidence to suggest that infanticide by adult male langurs fits a particular adaptive pattern . The fact ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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