Causes of early human population growth

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-274

  Pennington, Renee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Life tables; Paleodemography; Reproductive ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 0030071132     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199602)99:2<259::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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