Understanding the nature of wealth and its effects on human fitness

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1563, 2011, Pages 344-356

  Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff ^a   Beheim, Bret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Fitness; Human behavioural ecology; Multi model inference; Pimbwe; Wealth

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHILD MORTALITY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY RISK; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 79951820585     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0231     Document Type: Article

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