Gender difference in benefits of twinning in pre-industrial humans: Boys did not pay

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 739-746

  Lummaa, Virpi ^a   Jokela, Jukka ^b,c   Haukioja, Erkki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food conditions; Litter size; Mortality; Reproductive success; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GENDER DISPARITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWINNING;

FINLAND;

EID: 0034817126     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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