Mortality, fertility, and the OY ratio in a model hunter-gatherer system

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-231

  White, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based model; complex systems theory; demography; longevity; paleodemography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUNTER GATHERER SYSTEM; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGEVITY; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; OY RATIO; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BIRTH RATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HANDWRITING; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PALEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900511204     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22495     Document Type: Article

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