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1. Why, evolutionarily, is there more violence among men than there is among women? Over many generations, males went through mate competition. Men that were more violent were more likely to reprodu... ce and pass on their genes, and therefore there is more violence among men even today. 2. Describe the major prenatal events in the ontogeny of human males and females. a.) The pre-embryonic stage in the first two weeks of development b.) The embryonic period lasts from the third to the eighth week of development c.) The fetal period 3. In which ways can a person’s sex be defined, and what does it mean to be intersex? Sex is defined by the type of gametes that the individual produces. Males produce small gametes in large numbers, while females produce large gametes [Show More]

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