Warfare and reproductive success in a tribal population

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 348-353

  Glowacki, Luke ^a   Wrangham, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human behavioral ecology; Pastoralists; Reproductive success; Status; Warfare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLYGYNY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WAR; ANIMAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WARFARE;

ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WARFARE;

EID: 84920983571     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412287112     Document Type: Article

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