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Title The evolving female : a life-history perspective / Mary Ellen Morbeck, Alison Galloway, and Adrienne L. Zihlman, editors.
Publication Info Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1997.



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Contents What is life history? -- Life history, the individual, and evolution / Mary Ellen Morbeck -- Changing views of female life histories / Linda Marie Fedigan -- What it means to be a mammal -- Sea lions, life history, and reproduction / Kathryn Ono -- Life history and reproductive success of female northern elephant seals / Joanne Reiter -- What it means to be a primate -- Social relationships and life histories of primates / Barbara B. Smuts -- Development of sex differences in nonhuman primates / Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa -- The social life of female Japanese monkeys / Mary S. McDonald Pavelka -- Natural history of apes : life-history features in females and males / Adrienne L. Zihlman -- What it means to be a catarrhine -- Reading life history in teeth, bones, and fossils / Mary Ellen Morbeck -- The cost of reproduction and the evolution of postmenopausal osteoporosis / Alison Galloway -- The biological origins of adipose tissue in humans / Caroline M. Pond -- Female primates : fat or fit? / Robin McFarland -- What it means to be a human -- Women's bodies, women's lives : an evolutionary perspective / Adrienne L. Zihlman -- Sex differences in human populations : change through time / Silvana M. Borgognini Tarli and Elena Repetto -- Growing up female in a farmer community and a forager community / Gilda A. Morelli -- Institutional, evolutionary, and demographic contexts of gender roles : a case study of!Kung bushmen / Patricia Draper -- Women's work and energetics : a case study from Nepal / Catherine Panter-Brick -- Flexibility and paradox : the nature of adaptation in human reproduction / Virginia J. Vitzthum -- Life history, females, and evolution -- Social intelligence and sexual reproduction : evolutionary strategies / Alison Jolly -- Life history, females, and evolution : a commentary / Beverly McLeod.
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ISBN 9781400822065 (electronic bk.)
1400822068 (electronic bk.)
1400812763 (electronic bk.)
9781400812769 (electronic bk.)
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Subject Human evolution.
Women -- Evolution.
Females -- Physiology.
Women's studies -- Biographical methods.
Alt author Morbeck, Mary Ellen, 1945-
Galloway, Alison, 1953-
Zihlman, Adrienne L.
Descript 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Bibliography
Contents What is life history? -- Life history, the individual, and evolution / Mary Ellen Morbeck -- Changing views of female life histories / Linda Marie Fedigan -- What it means to be a mammal -- Sea lions, life history, and reproduction / Kathryn Ono -- Life history and reproductive success of female northern elephant seals / Joanne Reiter -- What it means to be a primate -- Social relationships and life histories of primates / Barbara B. Smuts -- Development of sex differences in nonhuman primates / Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa -- The social life of female Japanese monkeys / Mary S. McDonald Pavelka -- Natural history of apes : life-history features in females and males / Adrienne L. Zihlman -- What it means to be a catarrhine -- Reading life history in teeth, bones, and fossils / Mary Ellen Morbeck -- The cost of reproduction and the evolution of postmenopausal osteoporosis / Alison Galloway -- The biological origins of adipose tissue in humans / Caroline M. Pond -- Female primates : fat or fit? / Robin McFarland -- What it means to be a human -- Women's bodies, women's lives : an evolutionary perspective / Adrienne L. Zihlman -- Sex differences in human populations : change through time / Silvana M. Borgognini Tarli and Elena Repetto -- Growing up female in a farmer community and a forager community / Gilda A. Morelli -- Institutional, evolutionary, and demographic contexts of gender roles : a case study of!Kung bushmen / Patricia Draper -- Women's work and energetics : a case study from Nepal / Catherine Panter-Brick -- Flexibility and paradox : the nature of adaptation in human reproduction / Virginia J. Vitzthum -- Life history, females, and evolution -- Social intelligence and sexual reproduction : evolutionary strategies / Alison Jolly -- Life history, females, and evolution : a commentary / Beverly McLeod.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781400822065 (electronic bk.)
1400822068 (electronic bk.)
1400812763 (electronic bk.)
9781400812769 (electronic bk.)
Subject Human evolution.
Women -- Evolution.
Females -- Physiology.
Women's studies -- Biographical methods.
Alt author Morbeck, Mary Ellen, 1945-
Galloway, Alison, 1953-
Zihlman, Adrienne L.

Subject Human evolution.
Women -- Evolution.
Females -- Physiology.
Women's studies -- Biographical methods.
Descript 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Bibliography
Contents What is life history? -- Life history, the individual, and evolution / Mary Ellen Morbeck -- Changing views of female life histories / Linda Marie Fedigan -- What it means to be a mammal -- Sea lions, life history, and reproduction / Kathryn Ono -- Life history and reproductive success of female northern elephant seals / Joanne Reiter -- What it means to be a primate -- Social relationships and life histories of primates / Barbara B. Smuts -- Development of sex differences in nonhuman primates / Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa -- The social life of female Japanese monkeys / Mary S. McDonald Pavelka -- Natural history of apes : life-history features in females and males / Adrienne L. Zihlman -- What it means to be a catarrhine -- Reading life history in teeth, bones, and fossils / Mary Ellen Morbeck -- The cost of reproduction and the evolution of postmenopausal osteoporosis / Alison Galloway -- The biological origins of adipose tissue in humans / Caroline M. Pond -- Female primates : fat or fit? / Robin McFarland -- What it means to be a human -- Women's bodies, women's lives : an evolutionary perspective / Adrienne L. Zihlman -- Sex differences in human populations : change through time / Silvana M. Borgognini Tarli and Elena Repetto -- Growing up female in a farmer community and a forager community / Gilda A. Morelli -- Institutional, evolutionary, and demographic contexts of gender roles : a case study of!Kung bushmen / Patricia Draper -- Women's work and energetics : a case study from Nepal / Catherine Panter-Brick -- Flexibility and paradox : the nature of adaptation in human reproduction / Virginia J. Vitzthum -- Life history, females, and evolution -- Social intelligence and sexual reproduction : evolutionary strategies / Alison Jolly -- Life history, females, and evolution : a commentary / Beverly McLeod.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Morbeck, Mary Ellen, 1945-
Galloway, Alison, 1953-
Zihlman, Adrienne L.
ISBN 9781400822065 (electronic bk.)
1400822068 (electronic bk.)
1400812763 (electronic bk.)
9781400812769 (electronic bk.)

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