In Many Animal Species the Males and Females Differ Slightly

Essay

In many animal species the males and females differ slightly in structure, coloring,and/or size. The hominid species Australopithecus is thought to have lived about 3.2million years ago. ("Lucy," the famous near-complete skeleton discovered in 1974, isan Australopithecus.) Forensic anthropologists use partial skeletal remains toestimate the mass of an individual. The data below are estimates of masses frompartial skeletal remains of this species found in sub-Saharan Africa. Appropriategraphical displays of the data indicate that it is reasonable to assume that thepopulation distributions of mass are approximately normal for both males andfemales. You may also assume that these samples are representative of the respectivepopulations. Do these data provide convincing evidence that the mean estimated masses differ forAustralopithecus males and females?
Provide appropriate statistical justification foryour conclusion.