Quality-quantity trade-off of human offspring under adverse environmental conditions

A central paradigm in life-history theory is the trade-off between offspring number and quality. Several studies have investigated this trade-off in humans, but data are inconclusive, perhaps because prosperous socio-cultural factors mask the trade-off. Therefore, we studied 2461 offspring groups in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of evolutionary biology 2009-05, Vol.22 (5), p.1014-1023
Hauptverfasser:	MEIJ, J.J, VAN BODEGOM, D, ZIEM, J.B, AMANKWA, J, POLDERMAN, A.M, KIRKWOOD, T.B.L, DE CRAEN, A.J.M, ZWAAN, B.J, WESTENDORP, R.G.J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Africa Age Age Factors Birth order Birth Rate Births Child Child Mortality Demography Environment Evolutionary biology fertility Ghana Humans Interviews as Topic life-history theory Linear Models offspring survival quality-quantity trade-off Regression Analysis reproductive succes Socioeconomic Factors Survival analysis
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