Life histories, blood revenge, and reproductive success among the Waorani of Ecuador

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

Volumn 106, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 8134-8139

  Beckerman, Stephen ^a   Erickson, Pamela I ^b   Yost, James ^c   Regalado, Jhanira ^d   Jaramillo, Lilia ^e   Sparks, Corey ^f   Iromengaf, Moises ^g   Long, Kathryn ^h  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Latigo Ranch   (United States)

^d ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^e Carretera Panamericana   (Ecuador)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g Organización de Ia Nacionalidad Huaorani de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana   (Ecuador)

^h WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lowland South America; Warfare; Yanomamo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECUADOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GENEALOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WAR;

AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; REPRODUCTION; WAR;

EID: 66249086914     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0901431106     Document Type: Article

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