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Offspring : human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective / Kenneth W. Wachter, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 379 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0309507553
  • 9780309507554
  • 9786610180202
  • 6610180202
  • 9780309087186
  • 030908718X
Other title:
  • Human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Offspring.DDC classification:
  • 304.6/32 21
LOC classification:
  • QP251 .W665 2002eb
NLM classification:
  • 2003 H-554
  • WP 565
Other classification:
  • 74.91
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- 1 Biodemography of Fertility and Family Formation -- 2 Genetic Influences on Fertility: Strengths and Limitations of Quantitative Inferences -- 3 Education, Fertility, and Heritability: Explaining a Paradox -- 4 The Neural Basis of Pair Bonding in a Monogamous Species: A Model for Understanding the Biological Basis of Human Behavior -- 5 Hormonal Mediation of Physiological and Behavioral Processes That Influence Fertility
6 Intraspecific Variability in Fertility and Offspring Survival in a Nonhuman Primate: Behavioral Control of Ecological and Social Sources7 An Evolutionary and Ecological Analysis of Human Fertility, Mating Patterns, and Parental Investment -- 8 Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Patterns of Human Mating and Fertility -- 9 Pubertal Maturation, Adrenarche, and the Onset of Reproduction in Human Males -- 10 Energetics, Sociality, and Human Reproduction: Life History Theory in Real Life
11 Evolutionary Biology and Rational Choice in Models of Fertility12 Reflections on Demographic, Evolutionary, and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Human Reproductive Behavior -- Contributors and Other Workshop Participants -- Index
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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"--Page viii

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- 1 Biodemography of Fertility and Family Formation -- 2 Genetic Influences on Fertility: Strengths and Limitations of Quantitative Inferences -- 3 Education, Fertility, and Heritability: Explaining a Paradox -- 4 The Neural Basis of Pair Bonding in a Monogamous Species: A Model for Understanding the Biological Basis of Human Behavior -- 5 Hormonal Mediation of Physiological and Behavioral Processes That Influence Fertility

6 Intraspecific Variability in Fertility and Offspring Survival in a Nonhuman Primate: Behavioral Control of Ecological and Social Sources7 An Evolutionary and Ecological Analysis of Human Fertility, Mating Patterns, and Parental Investment -- 8 Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Patterns of Human Mating and Fertility -- 9 Pubertal Maturation, Adrenarche, and the Onset of Reproduction in Human Males -- 10 Energetics, Sociality, and Human Reproduction: Life History Theory in Real Life

11 Evolutionary Biology and Rational Choice in Models of Fertility12 Reflections on Demographic, Evolutionary, and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Human Reproductive Behavior -- Contributors and Other Workshop Participants -- Index

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