Is human longevity a consequence of cultural change or modern biology?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-517

  Caspari, Rachel ^a   Lee, Sang Hee ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survivorship; Modern human origins; Neandertals; West Asia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC EUROPE; NEANDERTAL; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; SURVIVAL; UPPER PALEOLITHIC EUROPE; WEST ASIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIA, WESTERN; CULTURE; EUROPE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PALEODONTOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645215944     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20360     Document Type: Article

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