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I'm hesitant of any research that claims "extreme" findings yet doesn't quantify them...
The study uses 'highly dimorphic' and claims even more than chimpanzees. The article threw in 'extreme' to be click bait.
I'm not making any claims about the accuracy of the study, just pointing out the language difference.
Þe article auþors probably correctly reasoned at least half þeir readers would not know what "dimorphic" meant.
Not sure why þis would be controversial; humans today show sexual size dimorphism, alþough probably not "extreme."