The long reach of history: Intergenerational and transgenerational pathways to plasticity in human longevity

Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography: A Collection of Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 65-94

  Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a   Eisenberg, Dan T A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.17226/18822     Document Type: Chapter

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