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... young is essential to perpetuate tradition as we do . One of the most influential overall theories of human development points out that adult men retain many characteristics of juvenile or even fetal pri- mates . Man anatomically ...
... young is essential to perpetuate tradition as we do . One of the most influential overall theories of human development points out that adult men retain many characteristics of juvenile or even fetal pri- mates . Man anatomically ...
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... young invest less in growth per day per unit body weight than do those species bearing altricial young . ( After Eisenberg , 1981. ) precocial young , whereas the smallest mammals have altricial young ( Eisen- berg , 1981 ) . The next ...
... young invest less in growth per day per unit body weight than do those species bearing altricial young . ( After Eisenberg , 1981. ) precocial young , whereas the smallest mammals have altricial young ( Eisen- berg , 1981 ) . The next ...
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... young . Desertion costs depend on whether she may produce future offspring and thus on what proportion that infant or litter is of her future lifetime's ex- pectation . On the whole , the slow - growing precocial baby is likely to be a ...
... young . Desertion costs depend on whether she may produce future offspring and thus on what proportion that infant or litter is of her future lifetime's ex- pectation . On the whole , the slow - growing precocial baby is likely to be a ...
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WHAT WHERE | 3 |
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES | 34 |
FOOD AND FEEDING | 45 |
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