Impact of carnivory on human development and evolution revealed by a new unifying model of weaning in mammals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Psouni, Elia ^a,b   Janke, Axel ^c,d   Garwicz, Martin ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN SIZE; CARNIVORY; DIETARY INTAKE; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEANING; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; LIMB; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CARNIVORY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; WEANING;

EID: 84859972407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032452     Document Type: Article

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