Evolutionary Hypotheses for Human Childhood

Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 40, Issue , 1997, Pages 63-89

  Bogin, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Heterochrony; Insertion model; Neoteny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002734321     PISSN: 0096848X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(1997)25+<63::aid-ajpa3>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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