Skill ontogeny among Tsimane forager-horticulturalists

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-18

  Schniter, Eric ^a   Gurven, Michael ^b   Kaplan, Hillard S ^c   Wilcox, Nathaniel T ^a   Hooper, Paul L ^d  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acquisition; development; expertise; life history theory; proficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORAGER; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; ONTOGENY; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SKILL; TSIMANE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; BOLIVIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BOLIVIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938957722     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22757     Document Type: Article

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