A gene–culture co-evolutionary perspective on the puzzle of human twinship

Natural selection should favour litter sizes that optimise trade-offs between brood-size and offspring viability. Across the primate order, the modal litter size is one, suggesting a deep history of selection favouring minimal litters in primates. Humans, however – despite having the longest juvenil...

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Main Authors: Augusto Dalla Ragione, Cody T. Ross, Daniel Redhead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Human Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X24000306/type/journal_article
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