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>It's known that calories deprivation (the standard for most of human life) gives birth to more men than women

I never heard of that before, but I did a quick search and it is actually the opposite. Calorie deprivation produces more girls.

https://uleth.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10133/394/Human_sex...



Correct, I mixed it. The point is, it's interesting to know that gender distribution isn't entirely random and can change based on environmental pressure. That also happens with other species, although the mechanisms can be different (e.g., in crocs it's the temperature the eggs are exposed to that determines the sex). Given those gender distribution differences persist, there may be a survival strategy behind.




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