A probabilistic approach to the assessment of some life history pattern parameters in a Middle Pleistocene human population

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-162

  Durand, A I ^a   Ipina S L ^a   Bermudez De Castro J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atapuerca; Life history pattern; Probabilistic approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIFE; MALE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN;

EID: 0034045749     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(00)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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