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Evolutionary stability and the rarity of grandmothering

The provision of intergenerational care, via the Grandmother Hypothesis, has been implicated in the evolution of postfertile longevity, particularly in humans. However, if grandmothering does provide fitness benefits, a key question is why has it evolved so infrequently? We investigate this question...

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Autores principales: Field, Jared M., Bonsall, Michael B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5433995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28515893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2958