Parental investment strategies among Aka Foragers, Ngandu Farmers, and Euro-American urban-industrialists

Adaptation and Human Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 155-178

  Hewlett, Barry S ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^b   Leyendecker, Birgit ^c   Scholmerich, Axel ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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