Experimental evidence for convergent evolution of maternal care heuristics in industrialized and small-scale populations

Maternal care decision rules should evolve responsiveness to factors impinging on the fitness pay-offs of care. Because the caretaking environments common in industrialized and small-scale societies vary in predictable ways, we hypothesize that heuristics guiding maternal behaviour will also differ...

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Main Authors: Geoff Kushnick, Ben Hanowell, Jun-Hong Kim, Banrida Langstieh, Vittorio Magnano, Katalin Oláh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.140518