Somatic Cell Division: An Overview Essay

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On average, male skeletons are larger than female skeletons, but just as some women are larger than some males, this distinction does not hold firm in all instances. Female pelvic regions tend to be wider than male pelvic regions, an evolutionary feature that has made childbirth easier. Female bones tend to be thinner and less dense than male bones, and thus the female skeleton tends to be lighter than male skeletons.

The skull is one of the most notable sites of difference between male and female skeletons. The teeth of males tend to be larger, and above their eye sockets men tend to have a more visible brow ridge while women often have none. The male skull tends to have a squarer (as opposed to a pointed) chin and is more angular in its demarcations than the female skull.

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Women's nose openings are more apt to be pointed, rather than blunt as in a male. "The adult female skull retains" some of the attributes "seen in the pre-pubescent [male] skull, but the male cranium becomes markedly rougher in adulthood at the sites of muscle attachment" (Richards 2000).

A final but not entirely conclusive characteristic difference is that the male ring finger tends to be longer than the index finger, while for females the proportions tend to be the opposite: the female index finger is longer than the female ring finger. Females also tend to have longer upper arm regions, while males tend to have shorter upper arm regions in proportion to their lower arms (Richards 2000)......

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