Marrying women 15 years younger maximized men's evolutionary fitness in historical Sami

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Helle, Samuli ^a   Lummaa, Virpi ^b   Jokela, Jukka ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Human; Lifetime reproductive success; Mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATING TYPE; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY; THEORY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FINLAND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 40949157566     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0538     Document Type: Article

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