@article{fdi:010024700,
  title = {{H}uman fertility variation, size-related obstetrical performance and the evolution of sexual stature dimorphism},
  author = {{G}u{\'e}gan, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {T}eriokhin, {A}.{T}. and {T}homas, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n several animal species, change in sexual size dimorphism is a correlated response to selection on fecundity. {I}n humans, different hypotheses have been proposed to explain the variation of sexual dimorphism in stature, but no consensus has yet emerged. {I}n this paper, we evaluate from a theoretical and an empirical point of view the hypothesis that the extent of sexual dimorphism in human populations results from the interaction between fertility and size-related obstetric complications. {W}e first developed an optimal evolutionary model based on extensive simulations and then we performed a comparative analysis for a total set of 38 countries worldwide. {O}ur optimization modelling shows that size-related mortality factors do indeed have the potential to affect the extent of sexual stature dimorphism. {C}omparative analysis using generalized linear modelling supports the idea that maternal death caused by deliveries and complications of pregnancy (a variable known to be size related) could be a key determinant explaining variation in sexual stature dimorphism across populations. {W}e discuss our results in relation to other hypotheses on the evolution of sexual stature dimorphism in humans. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{ANTHROPOLOGIE} ; {DIMORPHISME} {SEXUEL} ; {FECONDITE} ; {FEMME} ; {MORTALITE} ; {CROISSANCE} ; {REPRODUCTION} ; {ANTHROPOMETRIE} ; {MONDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}roceedings of the {R}oyal {S}ociety of {L}ondon.{S}erie {B}},
  volume = {267},
  numero = {},
  pages = {2529--2535},
  ISSN = {0962-8452},
  year = {2000},
  DOI = {10.1098/rspb.2000.1316},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010024700},
}