Longevity and the costs of reproduction in a historical human population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1438, 2000, Pages 31-35

  Lycett, J E ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^a   Voland, E ^b  

^a School of Biological Sciences Derby Building   (United Kingdom)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disposable soma theory; Humans; Krummhorn; Longevity; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NATURAL SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0034614433     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0962     Document Type: Article

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