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Life History Theory and the Industrial Revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2019

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Marion Blute*
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Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 2J4. [email protected]://individual.utoronto.ca/marionblute/
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Abstract

The most general theory of life history evolution, that of r versus K selection, implies that innovation in the form of plasticity is more likely to be adaptive under poor rather than good resource conditions, the opposite of how Baumard has it. However, this does focus on benefits rather than costs, and including both allows for greater diversity of outcomes.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e194
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