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Implementation of e-science tools for complex analysis of human-environmental interaction (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Lyon, S., Sillitoe, P., & Wilson, R. (2005). Implementation of e-science tools for complex analysis of human-environmental interaction.

An e-science approach allows the integration of different data types to develop coherent analyses of past and expected impacts of natural and human caused environmental change and the corresponding impact on human population structures. Demographic a... Read More about Implementation of e-science tools for complex analysis of human-environmental interaction.

Day length seasonality and the thermal environment (2005)
Book Chapter
Hill, R. (2005). Day length seasonality and the thermal environment. In D. Brockman, & C. van Schaik (Eds.), Primate seasonality: implications for human evolution (197-213). Cambridge University Press

Biorealistic simulation of baboon foraging using agent-based modelling (2005)
Book Chapter
Sellers, W., Hill, R., & Logan, B. (2005). Biorealistic simulation of baboon foraging using agent-based modelling. In J. Bryson, T. Prescott, & A. Seth (Eds.), Modelling natural action selection: Proceedings of an international workshop (127-134). AISB Press

Matrilocality during the prehistoric transition to agriculture in Thailand? (2005)
Journal Article
Bentley, R., Pietrusewsky, M., Douglas, M., & Atkinson, T. (2005). Matrilocality during the prehistoric transition to agriculture in Thailand?. Antiquity, 79(306), 865-881. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00115005

Stable isotopes in teeth are providing important correlations between ancient people and the geographical location of their childhood homes. In an exciting new application, the authors measured the varying signatures of strontium, oxygen and carbon i... Read More about Matrilocality during the prehistoric transition to agriculture in Thailand?.

Culture and information: An anthropological examination of communication in cultural domains in Pakistan (2005)
Journal Article
Lyon, S. (2005). Culture and information: An anthropological examination of communication in cultural domains in Pakistan. Cybernetics and Systems, 36(8), 919-932. https://doi.org/10.1080/01969720500306410

Humans societies have adapted mechanisms for dealing with large amounts of information, some of which has hitherto not been encountered by members of the societies. Theories of communication, which posit that the medium upon which a message is transm... Read More about Culture and information: An anthropological examination of communication in cultural domains in Pakistan.

Trade-offs in the adaptive use of social and asocial learning (2005)
Journal Article
Kendal, R., Coolen, I., van Bergen, Y., & Laland, K. (2005). Trade-offs in the adaptive use of social and asocial learning. Advances in the study of behavior, 35, 333-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-3454%2805%2935008-x

A common assumption by ethologists, behavioral ecologists, and anthropologists, albeit rarely made explicit, is that the acquisition of learned information from others hhenceforth ‘‘social information’’) is inherently adaptive. Individuals are deemed... Read More about Trade-offs in the adaptive use of social and asocial learning.

Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces (2005)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Little, A., Boothroyd, L., Feinberg, D., Cornwell, R., DeBruine, L., …Perrett, D. (2005). Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(6), 451-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.05.001

Physical condition (e.g., health, fertility) influences female mate preferences in many species, with females in good condition preferring "higher quality" (e.g., healthier) mates. In humans, condition may comprise both physical (e.g., health and fer... Read More about Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces.

The voice and face of woman: one ornament that signals quality? (2005)
Journal Article
Feinberg, D., Jones, B., DeBruine, L., Moore, F., Law Smith, M., Cornwell, R., …Perrett, D. (2005). The voice and face of woman: one ornament that signals quality?. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(5), 398-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.04.001

The attractiveness of women's faces, voices, bodies, and odors appear to be interrelated, suggesting that they reflect a common trait such as femininity. We invoked novel approaches to test the interrelationships between female vocal and facial attra... Read More about The voice and face of woman: one ornament that signals quality?.

Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high (2005)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Little, A., Boothroyd, L., DeBruine, L., Feinberg, D., Smith, M. L., …Perrett, D. (2005). Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high. Hormones and Behavior, 48(3), 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.03.010

Previous studies of changes in women's behavior during the menstrual cycle have offered insight into the motivations underpinning women's preferences for social cues associated with possible direct benefits (e.g., investment, low risk of infection) a... Read More about Commitment to relationships and preferences for femininity and apparent health in faces are strongest on days of the menstrual cycle when progesterone level is high.

Facial masculinity is related to perceived age, but not perceived health (2005)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, L., Jones, B., Burt, D., Cornwell, R., Little, A., Tiddeman, B., & Perrett, D. (2005). Facial masculinity is related to perceived age, but not perceived health. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26(5), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.01.001

Variation in women's preferences for male facial masculinity may reflect variation in attraction to immunocompetence or to maturity. This paper reports two studies on (a) the interrelationships between women's preferences for masculinity, apparent he... Read More about Facial masculinity is related to perceived age, but not perceived health.

Age differences in neophilia, exploration, and innovation in family groups of callitrichid monkeys. (2005)
Journal Article
Kendal, R., Coe, R., & Laland, K. (2005). Age differences in neophilia, exploration, and innovation in family groups of callitrichid monkeys. American Journal of Primatology, 66(2), 167-188. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20136

The prevailing assumption in the primate literature is that young or juvenile primates are more innovative than adult individuals. This innovative tendency among the young is frequently thought to be a consequence, or side effect, of their increased... Read More about Age differences in neophilia, exploration, and innovation in family groups of callitrichid monkeys..

Red enhances human performance in contests (2005)
Journal Article
Hill, R., & Barton, R. (2005). Red enhances human performance in contests. Nature, 435(7040), https://doi.org/10.1038/435293a

Signals biologically attributed to red coloration in males may operate in the arena of combat sports. Red coloration is a sexually selected, testosterone-dependent signal of male quality in a variety of animals and in some non-human species a male's... Read More about Red enhances human performance in contests.

Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces (2005)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Perrett, D., Little, A., Boothroyd, L., Cornwell, R., Feinberg, D., …Moore, F. (2005). Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 272(1561), 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2962

Previous studies demonstrating changes in women's face preferences have emphasized increased attraction to cues to possible indirect benefits (e.g. heritable immunity to infection) that coincides with periods of high fertility (e.g. the late follicul... Read More about Menstrual cycle, pregnancy and oral contraceptive use alter attraction to apparent health in faces.

Discrete hierarchical organization of social group sizes (2005)
Journal Article
Zhou, W., Sornette, D., Hill, R., & Dunbar, R. (2005). Discrete hierarchical organization of social group sizes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 272(1561), 439-444. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2970

The ‘social brain hypothesis’ for the evolution of large brains in primates has led to evidence for the coevolution of neocortical size and social group sizes, suggesting that there is a cognitive constraint on group size that depends, in some way, o... Read More about Discrete hierarchical organization of social group sizes.