Adult male humans generally have deeper voices than do adult female humans, which is the direct result of higher levels of testosterone causing growth of the larynx

If the fossil records of apes and humans alike show a trend toward decreasing larynx size in adult females and increasing larynx size in adult males, then _____. A) sexual dimorphism was evolving over time in these species
B) intrasexual selection seems to have occurred in both species
C) stabilizing selection was occurring in these species concerning larynx size
D) selection was acting more directly upon genotype than upon phenotype


A

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