Review
doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.09.007.
Epub 2018 Oct 1.
Sensory Exploitation, Sexual Dimorphism, and Human Voice Pitch
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.09.007
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Sensory Exploitation, Sexual Dimorphism, and Human Voice Pitch
Trends Ecol Evol.
2018 Dec.
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Abstract
Selection for low male voice pitch is generally assumed to occur because it is a valid cue of formidability. Here we summarize recent empirical challenges to this hypothesis. We also outline an alternative account in which selection for low male voice pitch is a byproduct of sensory exploitation.
Keywords: honest signaling; sensory bias; vocal communication.
Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Does Men's Voice Pitch Signal Formidability? A Reply to Feinberg et al.Trends Ecol Evol. 2019 Mar;34(3):189-190. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.12.004. Epub 2018 Dec 26. Trends Ecol Evol. 2019. PMID: 30594323 No abstract available.
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No Evidence That Men's Voice Pitch Signals Formidability.Trends Ecol Evol. 2019 Mar;34(3):190-192. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.12.014. Epub 2019 Jan 14. Trends Ecol Evol. 2019. PMID: 30655014 No abstract available.
