Fostering relations: First sex and marital timings for children raised by kin and non-kin carers

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 161-168

  Sheppard, Paula ^a   Schaffnit, Susan B ^a   Garcia, Justin R ^b   Sear, Rebecca ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Kinship fostering; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897962197     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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