Reproductive costs for everyone: How female loads impact human mobility strategies

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 448-456

  Wall Scheffler, Cara M ^a,b   Myers, Marcella J ^c  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; Energetics; Pelvis; Sexual dimorphism; Speed; Walking

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; MOBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WALKING;

EID: 84875887406     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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