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The Evolution of Human Life History (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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The Evolution of Human Life History (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
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Evolutionary theorists have linked humans' long periods of
childhood dependency and post-reproductive life to brain
development, learning, and distinctively human social structures.
However, the patterns in life history variation and
paleoanthropological evidence challenge these arguments. How can
scholars identify and explain the peculiar features of human life
history, such as the rate and timing of processes affecting
survival and reproduction? When and why did uniquely human patterns
evolve? This volume brings together specialists in the behavioral
ecology and demography of hunter-gatherers; human growth,
development, and nutrition; paleodemography; human paleontology;
primatology; and the genomics of aging to address these questions.
In attempting to specify the life history features that distinguish
humans from our closest primate relatives, they review alternative
explanations and consider multiple lines of evidence for testing
them. This volume sets the agenda for future research on this
topic.
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