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Somatic maintenance/reproduction tradeoffs and human evolution

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Kristen Hawkes*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA hawkes@anthro.utah.edu
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Abstract

The authors propose that many morbidities higher in women than men are adaptations protecting survival, selected because survival has been especially crucial to mothers' reproductive success. Following their lead, I pursue variation in tradeoffs between reproduction and survival recognized by Darwin that were likely central to the evolution of many traits that distinguish us from our great ape cousins.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e138
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