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Hawkes, Kristen | Some current ideas about the evolution of the human life history | Human life history is characterised by a long juvenile period (weaning to reproductive maturity), and a long post-reproductive lifespan in females. How do we explain the differences between our nearest relatives, the great apes, and ourselves? This chapter summarises some recent attempts to use l... | Human life history; Fertility; Apes; Juvenile period | 1999 |
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Hawkes, Kristen | Life history theory and human evolution : a chronicle of ideas and findings | Fertility ends at similar ages in women and female chimpanzees, but humans usually live longer and mature later. We also differ from our closest living relatives in weaning infants before they can feed themselves. The comparisons pose questions about when and why the distinctively human life history... | 2006-01-01 | |
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Cashdan, Elizabeth A. | Technological change and child behavior among the !Kung | How does change in one part of a social system affect other parts? This is the central question that must be answered in order to understand the process through which culture changes. This paper is about a small piece of the problem. It investigates how changes in subsistence economy affect child be... | Child behavior; Technological change; Foraging groups; Settled groups | 1988 |
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