Grandmothering drives the evolution of longevity in a probabilistic model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-94

  Kim, Peter S ^a   McQueen, John S ^a   Coxworth, James E ^b,c   Hawkes, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Human evolution; Human longevity; Life history; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

KINSHIP; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GRANDPARENT; GROWTH RATE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WEANING; ADULT; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 84897375822     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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