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Life history theory (LHT) is an analytical framework [1] designed to study the diversity of life history strategies used by different organisms throughout the world, as well as the causes and results of the variation in their life cycles. [2]
Life history is an interviewing method used to record autobiographical history from an ordinary person's perspective, often gathered from traditionally marginalized groups. It was begun by anthropologists studying Native American groups around the 1900s, and was taken up by sociologists and other scholars, though its popularity has waxed and ...
The terminology of r/K-selection was coined by the ecologists Robert MacArthur and E. O. Wilson in 1967 [2] based on their work on island biogeography; [3] although the concept of the evolution of life history strategies has a longer history [4] (see e.g. plant strategies).
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[47] [48] Factors such as exposure to violence, harsh child-rearing, and environmental unpredictability (e.g., frequent moving, unstable family composition) have been shown to correlate with the proposed behavioral indicators of "fast" life history strategies [49] (e.g., early sexual maturation, unstable couple relationships, impulsivity, and ...
From January 2008 to June 2012, if you bought shares in companies when James J. O'Connor joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -37.5 percent return on your investment, compared to a -9.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Life history may refer to: Life history theory, a theory of biological evolution that seeks to explain aspects of organisms' anatomy and behavior by reference to the way that their life histories have been shaped by natural selection; Life history (sociology), the overall picture of an informant's or interviewee's life
From January 2009 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Charles O. Rossotti joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -19.0 percent return on your investment, compared to a 53.1 percent return from the S&P 500.