For gorillas, that is. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which runs the Bronx Zoo in NYC, and researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have published a paper that examines the correlations between features of male gorillas and the number of mates and offspring and have found a positive correlation. The popular media version of the research is here:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501134416.htm while the scientific journal article is here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248412000188 Note: The cover of the "Journal of Human Evolution" is pretty cool. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=17589 or send a blank email to leave-17589-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
