Grandmother hypothesis and primate life histories

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 435-450

  Alvarez, Helen Perich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Life history theory; Midlife menopause; Postcycling longevity; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MATURATION; MENOPAUSE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SENESCENCE; THEORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MENOPAUSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033760355     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200011)113:3<435::AID-AJPA11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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