Ache Life History The Ecology and Demography of a Foraging People

Name: Ache Life History The Ecology and Demography of a Foraging People
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ISBN: 9780202020372

ISBN-10: 0202020371

ISBN-13: 9780202020372

Edition: 1995

Authors: A. Magdalena Hurtado, Kim Hill, A. Hurtado

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"...a magnificent achievement, and a landmark in at least three distinct fields: anthropological demography, human evolutionary ecology, and hunter-gatherer studies...." --

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/31/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 581
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Life History and Demography



The Ache



Study Population and Sampling Methods



Age and Sex Structure of the Study Population



Causes of Mortality



Rates of Mortality



Development, Marriage, and Other Life Course Events



Female Fertility



Male Fertility



Resource Availability, Intrinsic Variation, and Life Cycle Constraints



Body Size and the Timing of Sexual Maturity



Life History Trade-Offs and Phenotypic Correlations



Kin Effects on Life History



Conclusions


Appendix A. Implications of Stable Age Models for Deriving !Kung Ages


Appendix B. Block Rankings of Relative Age


Appendix C. Five Genealogies with Multiple Generations


References


Index