Personality and reproductive success in a high-fertility human population

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 11745-11750

  Alvergne, Alexandra ^a,b   Jokela, Markus ^c   Lummaa, Virpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Big five dimensions; Life history traits; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; NEUROSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENEGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOLUTION; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PARITY; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955354715     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001752107     Document Type: Article

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