Outputs (3)

Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies (2009)
Journal Article
Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Hertz, T., Bell, A., Beise, J., Clark, G., …Wiessner, P. (2009). Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies. Science, 326(5953), 682-688. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1178336

Small-scale human societies range from foraging bands with a strong egalitarian ethos to more economically stratified agrarian and pastoral societies. We explain this variation in inequality using a dynamic model in which a population's long-run stea... Read More about Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies.

How universal are human mate choices? Size does not matter when Hadza foragers are choosing a mate (2009)
Journal Article
Sear, R., & Marlowe, F. (2009). How universal are human mate choices? Size does not matter when Hadza foragers are choosing a mate. Biology Letters, 5(5), 606-609. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0342

It has been argued that size matters on the human mate market: both stated preferences and mate choices have been found to be non-random with respect to height and weight. But how universal are these patterns? Most of the literature on human mating p... Read More about How universal are human mate choices? Size does not matter when Hadza foragers are choosing a mate.

Family matters: kin, demography and child health in a rural Gambian population (2009)
Book Chapter
Sear, R., & Mace, R. (2009). Family matters: kin, demography and child health in a rural Gambian population. In G. Bentley, & R. Mace (Eds.), Substitute parents : biological and social perspectives on alloparenting in human societies (50-76). Berghahn Journals

In this study, we focus on a traditional society, and assume inclusive fitness arguments largely provide an explanation for allocare. Hamilton's rule states that help will be provided to recipients by their relatives, provided that the costs of helpi... Read More about Family matters: kin, demography and child health in a rural Gambian population.