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Offspring : human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective

Title: Offspring : human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective / Kenneth W. Wachter, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors.
Author: Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior (2002 : Washington, D.C.)
Publication: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.

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xv, 379 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Alternative Title

Human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective

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"Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior."
The papers contained in this volume were presented at the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior, held at the National Academies in Washington, D.C., in June 2002"--p. viii.

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Contents

8. Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Patterns of Human Mating and Fertility / Steven W. Gangestad -- 9. Pubertal Maturation, Andrenarche, and the Onset of Reproduction in Human Males / Benjamin Campbell -- 10. Energetics, Sociality, and Human Reproduction: Life History Theory in Real Life / Carol M. Worthman -- 11. Evolutionary Biology and Rational Choice in Models of Fertility / David Lam -- 12. Reflections on Demographic, Evolutionary, and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Human Reproductive Behavior / John N. Hobcraft.
1. Biodemography of Fertility and Family Formation / Kenneth W. Wachter -- 2. Genetic Influences on Fertility: Strengths and Limitations of Quantitative Inferences / Michael L. Rutter -- 3. Education, Fertility, and Heritability: Explaining a Paradox / Hans-Peter Kohler and Joseph L. Rodgers -- 4. The Neural Basis of Pair Bonding in a Monogamous Species: A Model for Understanding the Biological Basis of Human Behavior / Larry J. Young -- 5. Hormonal Mediation of Physiological and Behavioral Processes That Influence Fertility / Judy L. Cameron -- 6. Intraspecific Variability in Fertility and Offspring Survival in a Nonhuman Primate: Behavioral Control of Ecological and Social Sources / Jeanne Altmann and Susan C. Alberts -- 7. An Evolutionary and Ecological Analysis of Human Fertility, Mating Patterns, and Parental Investment / Hillard S. Kaplan and Jane B. Lancaster --

ISBN

030908718X

LCCN

2003000077

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Columbia University Libraries