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Facial and body sexual dimorphism are not interconnected in the Maasai.

Marina L ButovskayaVictoria V RostovtsevaAnna A Mezentseva
Published in: Journal of physiological anthropology (2022)
Facial sex differences in Maasai are very low, while on the contrary, the body sexual dimorphism is high. There were practically no associations between facial and body measures. These findings are interpreted in the light of trade-offs between environmental, cultural, and sexual selection pressures.
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