Evolutionary ecology of human birth sex ratio under the compound influence of climate change, famine, economic crises and wars
: Helle S, Helama S, Lertola K
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
: 2009
: Journal of Animal Ecology
: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
: J ANIM ECOL
: 78
: 6
: 1226
: 1233
: 8
: 0021-8790
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01598.x
Our results propose that some exogenous challenges like ambient temperature and war can skew human birth sex ratio and that these deviations likely represent environmental forcing rather than adaptive parental response to such challenges.