Synchrony between growth and reproductive patterns in human females: Early investment in growth among Pumé foragers

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Kramer, Karen L ^a   Greaves, Russell D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at first birth; Human growth; Hunter gatherers; Life history; South American Indians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 75149114995     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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