baboon sexual swellings

Question 1

who conducted the study

Answer 1

higham in 2009

Question 2

what are primate sexual swellings

Answer 2

hormone dependent sexual signals that determine mating patterns/advertise ovulation in females

Question 3

pagels reliable indictaor hypothesis

Answer 3

female swelling size= males select for biggest swelling as its a sign of female fitness

Question 4

nunns graded signal hypothesis

Answer 4

female swelling size= indicator of ovulation likely in individual’s cycle

Question 5

what makes baboons special?

Answer 5

biggest sexual swlling in primates

Question 6

what did higham study

Answer 6

olive baboons + sexual swellings to evaluate whether pagels or nunns hypothesis were correct

Question 7

what are the two hypothesis about why baboons have sexual swellings

Answer 7

pagels reliable indictaor hypothesis

nunns graded signal hypothesis

Question 8

conclusion

Answer 8

nunns graded signal hypothesis correct: larger swellellings when female most fertile