The costs of human locomotion: Maternal investment in child transport

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-85

  Kramer, Patricia Ann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Critical velocity; Infants; Locomotor energy expenditure; Toddlers; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COST; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREDICTION; PROGENY; WALKING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PRIMATES; WALKING;

EID: 0031751697     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199809)107:1<71::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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