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milk: Primate milk data

Description

Comparative primate milk composition data, from Table 2 of Hinde and Milligan. 2011. Evolutionary Anthropology 20:9-23.

Usage

data(milk)

Arguments

Value

Format

Returns a data frame containing 29 rows and 8 columns.

  1. clade: Broad taxonomic group

  2. species: Species name

  3. kcal.per.g: Kilocalories per gram of milk

  4. perc.fat: Percent fat

  5. perc.protein: Percent protein

  6. perc.lactose: Percent lactose

  7. mass: Body mass of mother, in kilograms

  8. neocortex.perc: Percent of brain mass that is neocortex

References

Hinde and Milligan. 2011. Evolutionary Anthropology 20:9-23.