Evolution of ape and human mating systems

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2011.11.026MaRDI QIDQ1787101zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Wataru Nakahashi, Shiro Horiuchi

Publication date 26 September 2018

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.11.026

zbMATH Keywords

familysexual selectionmating strategyearly hominids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Animal behavior (92D50) PDEs in connection with biology, chemistry and other natural sciences (35Q92)

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Cites work

• Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection by male choice

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