Girl helpers and time allocation of nursing women among the Toba of Argentina

Human Nature

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-472

  Bove, Riley B ^a   Valeggia, Claudia R ^a   Ellison, Peter T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allomothering; Childcare; Helper at the nest; Time allocation; Toba

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036990593     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-002-1003-8     Document Type: Article

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