Differences in male and female cognitive abilities: Sexual selection or division of labor?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (2):254-255 (1996)
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In Darwinian terminology, “sexual selection” refers to purely reproductive competition and is conceptually distinct from natural selection as it affects reproduction generally. As natural selection may favor the evolution of sexual dimorphism by virtue of the division of labor between males and females, this possibility needs to be taken very seriously.

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