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An intergenerational conflict model of age at first birth in humans
2014-03-31
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Parental absences in childhood are often associated with accelerated reproductive maturity in humans. These results are counterintuitive for evolutionary social scientists because reductions in parental investment should be detrimental for offspring, but earlier reproduction is generally associated with higher fitness. In this paper we discuss a neglected hypothesis that early reproduction is...
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- ebbfa188-a84d-5b60-8a39-7702674d5971
- DOI
- 10.7287/peerj.preprints.345v1