Cooperation and competition in a cliff-dwelling people

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

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 10894-10901

  Strassmann, Beverly I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparent; Coercion; Family structure; Kin selection; Life history

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLIFF; COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THEORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MALI; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOGAMY; MORTALITY; POLYGYNY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960619496     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100306108     Document Type: Article

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