Why do men seek status? Fitness payoffs to dominance and prestige

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1715, 2011, Pages 2223-2232

  von Rueden, Christopher ^a   Gurven, Michael ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Fertility; Social status

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOMINANCE; FERTILITY; FITNESS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGE FACTORS; BOLIVIA; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 79959226142     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2145     Document Type: Article

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