Brief communication: Evaluating grandmother effects

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-176

  Hawkes, Kristen ^a   Smith, Ken R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical demography; Human life history; Human longevity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DATA BASE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRANDMOTHER HYPOTHESIS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY;

AGE FACTORS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 68949092083     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21061     Document Type: Article

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