Grandmothering life histories and human pair bonding

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

Volumn 112, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 11806-11811

  Coxworth, James E ^a,b,c   Kim, Peter S ^d   McQueen, John S ^d   Hawkes, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Advanced Solutions Nielsen   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grandmother hypothesis; Human evolution; Human life history; Mate guarding; Mating sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; LIVING FOSSIL; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING; MATING SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; PAIR BONDING; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIMULATION; SINGLE MAN; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GRANDPARENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANDPARENTS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PAIR BOND; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84942918006     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1599993112     Document Type: Article

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