Modeling the effects of weaning age on length of female reproductive period: Implications for the evolution of human life history

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-487

  Kachel, A Friederike ^a,b   Premo, L S ^a,c   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; TIME; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PRIMATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

HOMINOIDEA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 79958152238     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21157     Document Type: Article

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