The evolution of premature reproductive senescence and menopause in human females - An evaluation of the "grandmother hypothesis"

Human Nature

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 313-350

  Hill, Kim ^a,b   Hurtado, A Magdalena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Hunter gatherers; Kin selection; Menopause; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649149978     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: 19364776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02692196     Document Type: Article

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