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This supports the contention that wrestling provides wrestling experience and is not performed for the achievement of positional dominance. However, the total amount of time spent wrestling, when corrected for sex ratio discrepancies, indicates that male-male wrestling occurred up to four times more often than in any other sex pairing. The prevalence of male-male interactions, when combined with the structure of wild and feral populations, supports the hypothesis that wrestling serves as practice for adult social roles.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T21:03:35Z (GMT). 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