Why What Juveniles Do Matters in the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding

Human Nature

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-65

  Kramer, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Human evolution; Juvenility; Life history; Parental investment; Quality quantity trade off

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTION; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897623664     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-013-9189-5     Document Type: Article

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