Wednesday, 12 December 2018

evolution - Why are men stronger than women?


What are the evolutionary explanations for why women are physically weaker than men (on average), and is this difference adaptive? See figure one here.


I suppose that something puts pressure on men to be physically stronger than women, but I don't see what it can be. Why the discrepancy between the sexes?




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