From the womb to the tomb: The role of transfers in shaping the evolved human life history

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 807-813

  Gurven, Michael ^a   Stieglitz, Jonathan ^b   Hooper, Paul L ^b   Gomes, Cristina ^a,c   Kaplan, Hillard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transfers; Life history evolution; Longevity; Sharing; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84865743734     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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