Opposite effects of maternal and paternal grandmothers on infant survival in historical Krummhörn

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 435-443

  Voland, Eckart ^a   Beise, Jan ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grandmother hypothesis; Human evolutionary reproductive ecology; In law conflict; Infant mortality; Krummh rn; Life history theory

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; INFANT MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

GERMANY;

EID: 0036872862     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0539-2     Document Type: Article

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