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Grandmothering, menopause, and the evolution of human life histories

Long postmenopausal lifespans distinguish humans from all other primates. This pattern may have evolved with mother–child food sharing, a practice that allowed aging females to enhance their daughters’ fertility, thereby increasing selection against senescence. Combined with Charnov’s dimensionless...

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Main Authors: Hawkes, K., O’Connell, J. F., Jones, N. G. Blurton, Alvarez, H., Charnov, E. L.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The National Academy of Sciences 1998
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC18762/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9448332
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