Reproductive conflict and the separation of reproductive generations in humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5332-5336

  Cant, Michael A ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility; Grandmother hypothesis; Human evolution; Life history; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; HOMINID; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE;

EVOLUTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION;

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 44449101542     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711911105     Document Type: Article

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