More Status or More Children? Social Status, Fertility Reduction, and Long-Term Fitness

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-277

  Boone, James L ^a   Kessler, Karen L ^a  

^a Anthropology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Reproductive strategies; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002939816     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(99)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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