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To evaluate the mechanisms underlying human life history strategies in relation to growth and energetics.

No need for tiers to explain the ecological predictors of human life history strategies

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To evaluate the mechanisms underlying human life history strategies in relation to growth and energetics.
Proposed a critique of existing interpretations of human life history strategies.
Evaluated evidence regarding growth influences on maturational timing.
Discussed implications of eliminating complexity in the regulatory tiers concept.
Argued that growth is energetically driven while reproductive behaviors can vary independently.
Challenged the need for regulatory tiers in explaining human life history strategies.

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This analysis reveals that growth influences reproductive behaviors in humans, suggesting a simpler model without regulatory tiers.

Kuzawa et al. (2025) studied this question.

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