Inclusive fitness and differential productivity across the life course determine intergenerational transfers in a small-scale human society

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1803, 2015, Pages

  Hooper, Paul L ^a,b   Gurven, Michael ^c   Winking, Jeffrey ^d   Kaplan, Hillard S ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Food sharing; Grandparental investment; Human life history; Inclusive fitness; Intergenerational transfers; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; GENERATION TIME; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 84922495806     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2808     Document Type: Article

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