Equation 2 · Part 1 · The Longest Childhood: Life-History Theory and the Grandmother Bet
Symbol w
What this part means
body weight.
Its job in the formula
w is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Full expression→Symbol w→Article meaning
Where the article explains it
where w is body weight and A is a taxon-specific growth constant; most mammals run at a constant of about 1, but “the mean primate value for A is about 0.4” [ 3 ] .
The passage around this formula
where w is body weight and A is a taxon-specific growth constant; most mammals run at a constant of about 1, but “the mean primate value for A is about 0.4” [ 3 ] . Primates grow slowly relative to other mammals of the same size to begin with, and humans, on the same equation, grow slower still during…
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