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Study finds testosterone higher among unmarried men

Posted October 15th, 2007 by Tara Murray in Families

A study of Ariaal men in Kenya is the first outside North America to observe that single men have higher levels of testosterone than married men (Science Blog).

Citation: Peter B. Gray, Peter T. Ellison, and Benjamin C. Campbell (2007). Testosterone and marriage among Ariaal Men of Northern Kenya. Current Anthropology 48(5): 750-755. (Available online to the Penn State community)

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