@article{ref1,
title="Life history theory and human reproductive behavior",
journal="Human nature",
year="1997",
author="MacDonald, Kevin",
volume="8",
number="4",
pages="327-359",
abstract="The purpose of this article is to develop a model of life history theory that incorporates environmental influences, contextual influences, and heritable variation. I argue that physically or psychologically stressful environments delay maturation and the onset of reproductive competence. The social context is also important, and here I concentrate on the opportunity for upward social mobility as a contextual influence that results in delaying reproduction and lowering fertility in the interest of increasing investment in children. I also review evidence that variation in life history strategies is influenced by genetic variation as well. Finally, I show that cultural shifts in the social control of sexual behavior have had differential effects on individuals predisposed to high- versus low-investment reproductive strategies.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1045-6767",
doi="10.1007/BF02913038",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02913038"
}