Life history theory and human reproductive behavior: Environmental/contextual influences and heritable variation

Human Nature

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-359

  MacDonald, Kevin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human development; Intelligence; Life history theory; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031460902     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02913038     Document Type: Article

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