Did males get bigger or females smaller?
By Susan Milius
Don’t just say he’s bigger. When it comes to bird species with jumbo-size males, we may have to rethink evolutionary history and say that in some cases the female’s smaller, according to Chicago researchers.
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Biologists have long assumed that these male-female size differences arose from pressures on males to bulk up for macho competitions or greater appeal to females, explains Jordan