The impact of environmental factors on human life-history evolution: An optimization modelling and data analysis study

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1199-1221

  Teriokhin, A T ^a,b   Thomas, F ^a   Budilova, E V ^a,b   Guegan J F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Age at marriage; Age at maturity; Availability of food; Birth weight; Demographic transition; Dynamic programming; Fertility; Human life history evolution; Infection stresses; Life expectancy; Optimal energy allocation; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542423259     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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