The evolution of predictive adaptive responses in human life history

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1766, 2013, Pages

  Nettle, Daniel ^a   Frankenhuis, Willem E ^b   Rickard, Ian J ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Early life stress; Humans; Life history; Predictive adaptive response

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMINID; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894488452     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1343     Document Type: Article

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