Sociality, selection, and survival: Simulated evolution of mortality with intergenerational transfers and food sharing

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

Volumn 105, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 7124-7128

  Lee, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Demography; Evolution; Life history theory; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; DELETION MUTANT; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SHARING; FORAGE; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 44449131094     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710234105     Document Type: Article

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