Social pressures have selected for an extended juvenile period in primates

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 593-605

  Joffe, Tracey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Juvenile period extension; Learning; Non visual neocortex; Primates; Social intelligence theory; Social skill repertoire

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; LEARNING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIMATES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031160182     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0140     Document Type: Article

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