Patience in a foraging-horticultural society: A test of competing hypotheses

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-202

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Byron, Elizabeth ^b   Reyes García, Victoria ^c   Leonard, William R ^d   Patel, Karishma ^a   Apaza, Lilian ^e   Pérez, Eddy ^f   Vadez, Vincent ^a   Wilkie, David ^g  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Proteccion Medio Ambiente T   (Bolivia)

^f Fund Desarrollo Ecologia Estacion   (Bolivia)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; REWARD; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIETY;

EID: 3142742319     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.60.2.3630815     Document Type: Article

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