More Lessons from the Hadza about Men’s Work

Human Nature

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 596-619

  Hawkes, Kristen ^a   O’Connell, James F ^a   Blurton Jones, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective goods; Human evolution; Hunting Hypothesis; Men s strategies; Paternal provisioning; Show off Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84916235352     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: 19364776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-014-9212-5     Document Type: Article

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