“From a comparative perspective, we are a relatively monomorphic mammal, with relatively monomorphic minds.”

—  Steve Stewart-Williams

Source: The Ape that Thought It Was a Peacock: Does Evolutionary Psychology Exaggerate Human Sex Differences? (2013), p. 143

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