TY  - CHAP
AB  - We examine the relationship between height and reproductive success (RS) in women from a natural fertility population in the Gambia. We observe the predicted trade-off between adult height and age at first birth: women who are tall in adulthood have later first births than short women do. However, tall women have reproductive advantages during the rest of their reproductive careers, primarily in the lower mortality rates of their children. This ultimately leads to higher fitness for taller women, despite their delayed start to reproduction. The higher RS of tall women appears to be entirely due to the physiological benefits of being tall. There is no evidence that female height is related to patterns of marriage or divorce in this population.
VL  - 23
SN  - 978-1-84950-255-9, 978-0-76231-082-1/0190-1281
DO  - 10.1016/S0190-1281(04)23008-6
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0190-1281(04)23008-6
AU  - Sear Rebecca
AU  - Allal Nadine
AU  - Mace Ruth
ED  - Michael Alvard
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - HEIGHT, MARRIAGE AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN GAMBIAN WOMEN
T2  - Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral Ecology
T3  - Research in Economic Anthropology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 203
EP  - 224
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -