Men's status and reproductive success in 33 nonindustrial societies: Effects of subsistence, marriage system, and reproductive strategy

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

Volumn 113, Issue 39, 2016, Pages 10824-10829

  Von Rueden, Christopher R ^a   Jaeggi, Adrian V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egalitarianism; Evolution; Hierarchy; Reproduction; Status

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTICATION; FORAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MATING SUCCESS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYGYNY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL STATUS; WIFE; INDUSTRY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MARRIAGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIETIES;

EID: 84989869654     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606800113     Document Type: Article

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