Human lactation, pair-bonds, and alloparents : AA cross-cultural analysis

Human Nature

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Quinlan, Robert J ^a   Quinlan, Marsha B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Biocultural anthropology; Conjugal stability; Divorce; Human evolution; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149154863     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-007-9026-9     Document Type: Article

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