Marriage patterns in a Mesoamerican peasant community are biologically adaptive

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-511

  Little, Bertis B ^a   Malina, Robert M ^a,b  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Oaxaca; offspring survival; sex ratio; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HOUSEHOLD; INHERITANCE; MARRIAGE; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WILLS;

EID: 78649684220     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21333     Document Type: Article

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