%0 Journal Article
%T An evolutionary life-history framework for understanding sex differences in human mortality rates
%J Human nature
%D 2006
%A Kruger, Daniel J.
%A Nesse, Randolph M.
%V 17
%N 1
%P 74-97
%X Sex differences in mortality rates stem from genetic, physiological, behavioral, and social causes that are best understood when integrated in an evolutionary life history framework. This paper investigates the Male-to-Female Mortality Ratio (M:F MR) from external and internal causes and across contexts to illustrate how sex differences shaped by sexual selection interact with the environment to yield a pattern with some consistency, but also with expected variations due to socioeconomic and other factors.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 1045-6767
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-006-1021-z