Intergenerational support and women's fertility in high-income countries : an evolutionary analysis

There is now considerable evidence that humans are cooperative breeders – that is, women need allomaternal support to successfully reproduce. Families play a key role in providing this support to women. Evidence from low-income contexts linking allomaternal support to beneficial child outcomes is pa...

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Main Author: Schaffnit, S. B.
Other Authors: Sear, Rebecca
Published: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London) 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654599