Helen Perich Alvarez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4329933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Perich Alvarez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen Perich |
| FAMILY NAME | Alvarez |
| SIGNATURE | ALVAREZ H P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Grandmother hypothesis and primate life histories
The adaptive significance of midlife menopause in human females has long engaged the attention of evolutionary anthropologists. In spite of extensive debate, the problem has only recently been examined in the context of primate life histories. Here I extend those investigations by comparing life history traits in 16 primate species to test predictions generated from life history theory. In humans, late ages of maturity and higher than expected bi…
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Grandmother hypothesis and primate life histories
The adaptive significance of midlife menopause in human females has long engaged the attention of evolutionary anthropologists. In spite of extensive debate, the problem has only recently been examined in the context of primate life histories. Here I extend those investigations by comparing life history traits in 16 primate species to test predictions generated from life history theory. In humans, late ages of maturity and higher than expected bi…
Adaptation (eye) (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Evolutionary biology (1 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (1 works) · Genetics (1 works)