Project Title
Baby steps: Child carrying strategies of urban individuals
Document Type
Event
Start Date
10-5-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
10-5-2019 6:30 PM
Description
The ability to conserve energy is an important aspect of a species' evolutionary survival. Carrying loads causes an increase in caloric cost per distance travelled, and carrying children can pose a large reproductive cost. In this project, we sought to determine if individuals in an urban context choose to carry or transport their children in energetically efficient ways. We also sought to determine the social factors which cause individuals to deviate from efficient carrying strategies.
Discipline
Biology
Research Mentor(s)
Dr. Cara Wall-Scheffler
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Baby steps: Child carrying strategies of urban individuals
The ability to conserve energy is an important aspect of a species' evolutionary survival. Carrying loads causes an increase in caloric cost per distance travelled, and carrying children can pose a large reproductive cost. In this project, we sought to determine if individuals in an urban context choose to carry or transport their children in energetically efficient ways. We also sought to determine the social factors which cause individuals to deviate from efficient carrying strategies.
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