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Humans are not cooperative breeders but practice biocultural reproduction

16 Jun 2014

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CONTEXT: Alloparental care and feeding of young is often called "cooperative breeding" and humans are increasingly described as being a cooperative breeding species. OBJECTIVE: To critically evaluate whether the human offspring care system is best grouped with that of other cooperative breeders. METHODS: (1) Review of the human system of offspring care in the light of definitions of cooperative, communal and...

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PMID: 24932750
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2014.923938

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