Life History Theory

Phillip S. Kavanagh; Bianca L. Kahl

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1914-1

Life History Theory

Phillip S. Kavanagh
, Bianca L. Kahl

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A theory based on biological evolution that explains variations in organisms’ developmental and reproductive strategies in the context of environment pressures and available resources.

The core premises of Darwinian evolution are survival and reproduction (Darwin 1859); and biological organisms need energy to achieve these goals. All life requires capturing and allocating energy; however, this energy is limited and comes at a cost – organisms cannot expend unlimited resources, maximizing all life domains simultaneously. Organisms must live within their restricted energy budgets, mandating tradeoffs to ensure they do not allocate more resources to a particular domain than are available. Selection favors strategies for allocating resources on the basis that they result in the greatest evolutionary fitness for the organism, respective of their environmental

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
Editors	Viviana Weekes-Shackelford, Todd K. Shackelford, Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford
Place of Publication	Netherlands
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	1914-1
Pages	1-12
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319169996
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1914-1
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2016

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Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. ed. / Viviana Weekes-Shackelford; Todd K. Shackelford; Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford. Netherlands: Springer, 2016. p. 1-12 (Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science).

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