Age-related changes in urinary testosterone levels suggest differences in puberty onset and divergent life history strategies in bonobos and chimpanzees

2014/07/30 by Verena Behringer, V. Behringer, Tobias Deschner +7 · 80 citations
Medicine · Psychology · #Adrenarche #Biology #Ecology #Endocrinology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Hormone #Internal medicine #Juvenile #Medicine #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Pan paniscus #Physiology #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Sexual maturity #Testosterone (patch) #Troglodytes #Urinary system #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.07.011

published in Hormones and Behavior 66(3), 525-533 (Elsevier BV)

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