The goals of direct paternal care among a south Amerindian population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-304

  Winking, Jeffrey ^a   Gurven, Michael ^b   Kaplan, Hillard ^c   Stieglitz, Jonathan ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Mating effort; Parental care; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BOLIVIA; FAMILY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67649604702     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20981     Document Type: Article

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