Does paternal uncertainty explain discriminative grandparental solicitude? A cross-cultural study in Greece and Germany

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-109

  Pashos, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Discriminative grandparental solicitude; Germany; Grandparental caregiving; Greece; Kin investment; Paternity certainty; Patrilocal residence; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034148494     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(99)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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