Family and fertility: kin influence on the progression to a second birth in the British Household Panel Study.

Particular features of human female life history, such as short birth intervals and the early cessation of female reproduction (menopause), are argued to be evidence that humans are 'cooperative breeders', with a reproductive strategy adapted to conditions where mothers receive substantial...

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Main Authors: Paul Mathews, Rebecca Sear
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3596370?pdf=render