Successful hunting increases testosterone and cortisol in a subsistence population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1776, 2013, Pages

  Trumble, Benjamin C ^a   Smith, Eric A ^b   O'Connor, Kathleen A ^b   Kaplan, Hillard S ^c   Gurven, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Costly signalling; Household provisioning; Hunting; Testosterone; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE CLASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84890109886     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2876     Document Type: Article

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