Increased mortality exposure within the family rather than individual mortality experiences triggers faster life-history strategies in historic human populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Störmer, Charlotte ^a   Lummaa, Virpi ^b,c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SIBLING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897429646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083633     Document Type: Article

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