Digit Ratio
Subtitle: A Pointer to Fertility, Behavior, and Health (A volume in the Rutgers Series in Human Evolution, edited by Robert Trivers.)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: February 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780813530307
Subjects: Evolution; Genetics (non-medical); Human reproduction, growth & development; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science; Sex differences; Gender Studies; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Embryology, Human; Fingers; Sex differentiation
First sentence: At first sight the essence of the uterine environment appears to be protection.
Description: Could the length of your fingers predict a predisposition to breast cancer? Or musical genius? The author posits that relative lengths of the second and fourth digits in humans provides a window into fertility- and sex-related traits.