The derived features of human life history

By K. Hawkes. 2006

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Behavioral Ecology and Archaeology (2006, background): “Humans fit the model in some ways but differ strikingly in others (Alvarez, 2000; Robson et al., 2005).”
Estimating weaning and early childhood diet from serial micro-samples of dentin collagen (2011, unknown): “…hunting and gathering groups (Barry and Paxson, 1971; Konner, 2005:57), although four individuals appear to have terminated the weaning process at a later age than the average of approximately 3 years reported for a number of hunter-gatherer societies (see Robson et al., 2006: 28, Table 2.1:22e23).”
Juvenile foraging among the Hadza: Implications for human life history (2013, background): “One of the most striking characteristics of human life history is a protracted juvenile period of growth and development (Bogin, 1997; Leigh, 2001; Robson, van Schaik, & Hawkes, 2006).”