Reevaluating the grandmother hypothesis
Reevaluating the grandmother hypothesis
Aja Watkins
2021 · DOI: 10.1007/s40656-021-00455-x
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences · 6 Citations
TLDR
A formal model is developed and used to respond to a common objection to the grandmother hypothesis: that human fathers are better suited to be allomothers due to their physical strength and a high incentive to invest in their own children.