The Economist (US), April 23rd, 1994
Early ape men were much larger than ape women according to evidence uncovered by researchers studying Australopithecus afarensis fossils. Males were probably polygamous and their size helped them to fight for females.
THE description last month of "Son of Lucy", the first nearly complete skull of a male ape-man from 3m years ago, has supported a surprising theory about human ancestors. Males were bigger than females. Not just slightly bigger, as men are slightly bigger than women, but much bigger, as male orangutans are much bigger than females. Average males probably weighed 1.5 times as muc...
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