Maternal grandmothers improve the nutritional status and survival of children in rural Gambia
(2000)
Journal Article
Sear, R., Mace, R., & McGregor, I. (2000). Maternal grandmothers improve the nutritional status and survival of children in rural Gambia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 267(1453), 1641-1647. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1190
Hypotheses for the evolution of human female life–history characteristics have often focused on the social nature of human societies, which allows women to share the burden of childcare and provisioning amongst other members of their kin group. We te... Read More about Maternal grandmothers improve the nutritional status and survival of children in rural Gambia.