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The evolution of gender dimorphism in the human voice: The role of octave equivalence
2022-07-10
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<p>Humans exhibit what appears to be a unique vocal property: octave equivalence whereby adult male voices are, on average, an octave lower in pitch than those of adult females and children. The evolutionary significance of this seems largely to have escaped notice. While sexual selection might explain why male voices are generally lower, it cannot explain why they should be so much lower than what would be expect...
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- 10.31234/osf.io/f4j6b