Life history plasticity in humans: the predictive value of early cues depends on the temporal structure of the environment

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Summary

It is concluded that external predictive adaptive responses (PARs) cannot be adaptive for humans to calibrate the development of life history traits on the level of adversity experienced in early life.

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letter
Published
2014-04-07
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Keywords

Plasticity, Predictive value, Value (mathematics), Sensory cue, Phenotypic plasticity

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