High adult mortality among Hiwi hunter-gatherers: Implications for human evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-454

  Hill, Kim ^a   Hurtado, A M ^a   Walker, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hiwi (Venezuela); Human life history; Hunter gatherer demography; Mortality rates

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; PALEOLITHIC; SEXUAL MATURITY;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33947414085     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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