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Re:Paleontologists Are Trying to Understand Why the Fossil R... by alecst on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:18AM (#31039331)
When has the population of females ever been 4x the population of males?
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Re:Paleontologists Are Trying to Understand Why the Fossil R... by unsupp0rted on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:29AM (#31039415)
After war time, this wouldn't be surprising. All the males in a tribe can easily get wiped out in one or two engagements, leaving only females and children.

In Russia after WW2 the ratio of female:male was 4:3

Imagine what that ratio would have been after a war in olden times.

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Re:Paleontologists Are Trying to Understand Why the Fossil R... by causi on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:31AM (#31039433)
I'm not saying it has. I'm saying that a small number of males can impregnate a large number of females.
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Re:Paleontologists Are Trying to Understand Why the Fossil R... by cmrdporcupine on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:25AM (#31039386)
Not even close to 4x but in post-WWII Russia there were 1.21 females for every male.
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Re:Paleontologists Are Trying to Understand Why the Fossil R... by paulryanrogers on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:21AM (#31039359)
Perhaps it has more to do with risk profile and group dynamics?
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