A Survey of Non-Classical Polyandry

Human Nature

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-172

  Starkweather, Katherine E ^a   Hames, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural analysis; Marriage; Operational sex ratio; Pair bonding; Polyandry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN; MORTALITY; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863314220     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-012-9144-x     Document Type: Article

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