Cultural versus reproductive success: Why does economic development bring new tradeoffs?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 464-471

  Newson, Lesley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CAREER; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REWARD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECONOMICS; EVOLUTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 70349378814     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20925     Document Type: Article

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