Grandmothering drives the evolution of longevity in a probabilistic model

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2014.03.011MaRDI QIDQ2632881zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors John S. McQueen, James E. Coxworth, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S. Kim

Publication date 15 May 2019

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.03.011

zbMATH Keywords

agent-based modelinghuman evolutionhuman longevitylife historysexual conflict

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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