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The costs of human locomotion: Maternal investment in child transport

โœ Scribed by Kramer, Patricia Ann

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
139 KB
Volume
107
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9483

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โœฆ Synopsis

This article investigates maternal investment in child carrying and presents a method for determining when it is energetically advantageous for a mother to carry her child rather than force her child to walk independently. I calculate maternal and child energy consumption while walking and develop correction factors to facilitate making these energy calculations for young children. In addition, I investigate the effect of maternal burdens in addition to the child and of external nutritional support on energy consumption. Since maternal energy is a finite resource, the ''decision'' to carry a child or force it to walk independently is especially important. This decision can be predicted from the body mass of the mother

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