Primal fights: When females dominate

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:56 in Biology & Nature

Among monkeys and other primates, males typically bully females around. But when males outnumber females, surprisingly females often prove the dominant sex.  These new findings could also hold true with humans, researchers said.

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