We age because we grow

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1663, 2009, Pages 1837-1844

  Kaplan, Hillard S ^a   Robson, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Disposable soma; Evolution; Hunter gatherers; Life history; Somatic capital

Indexed keywords

AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; HUNTER-GATHERER; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 66149189455     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1831     Document Type: Article

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