Birth order, age, and hunting success in the canadian arctic

Human Nature

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-374

  Collings, Peter ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Foragers; Inuit; Local resource enhancement; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049105432     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-009-9071-7     Document Type: Article

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