On the evolution of intergenerational division of labor, menopause and transfers among adults and offspring

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 332, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-180

  Cyrus Chu, C Y ^a,c   Lee, Ronald D ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Group selection; Individual selection; Intergenerational transfers; Life history; Optimal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FERTILITY; GROUP SELECTION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BASIC NEEDS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORAGING; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL RATE;

GROUP SELECTION; INDIVIDUAL SELECTION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS; LIFE HISTORY; OPTIMAL;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84878428085     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.04.031     Document Type: Article

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