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SUBMITTER: Cerrito P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7096390 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cerrito Paola P Bailey Shara E SE Hu Bin B Bromage Timothy G TG
Scientific reports 20200325 1
The life history pattern of recent humans is uniquely derived in many of its aspects including an extended post-reproductive lifespan combined with short interbirth intervals. A number of theories have been proposed to explain the evolution of this unusual pattern. However most have been difficult to test due to the fragmentary nature of the hominin fossil record and the lack of methods capable of inferring such later life history events. In search of a method we tested the hypothesis that the p ...[more]