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Phylogeny of sleep and dreams. (2007)
Book Chapter
McNamara, P., Nunn, C., Barton, R., Harris, E., & Capellini, I. (2007). Phylogeny of sleep and dreams. In D. Barrett, & P. McNamara (Eds.), The New Science of Dreaming (53-70). Praeger

Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival (2007)
Journal Article
Sear, R., & Mace, R. (2008). Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.10.001

Children pose a problem. The extended period of childhood dependency and short interbirth intervals mean that human mothers have to care for several dependent children simultaneously. Most evolutionary anthropologists now agree that this is too much... Read More about Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival.

Testing evolutionary theories of menopause (2007)
Journal Article
Shanley, D., Sear, R., Mace, R., & Kirkwood, T. (2007). Testing evolutionary theories of menopause. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 274(1628), 2943-2949. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.1028

Why do women cease fertility rather abruptly through menopause at an age well before generalized senescence renders child rearing biologically impossible? The two main evolutionary hypotheses are that menopause serves either (i) to protect mothers fr... Read More about Testing evolutionary theories of menopause.

Darwinian Archaeologies (2007)
Book Chapter
Bentley, R., Lipo, C., Maschner, H., & Marler, B. (2007). Darwinian Archaeologies. In R. Bentley, H. Maschner, & C. Chippendale (Eds.), Handbook of archaeological theories (109-132). AltaMira Press

Partner characteristics associated with masculinity, health and maturity in male faces (2007)
Journal Article
Boothroyd, L., Jones, B., Burt, D., & Perrett, D. (2007). Partner characteristics associated with masculinity, health and maturity in male faces. Personality and Individual Differences, 43(5), 1161-1173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.03.008

This research investigated the partner characteristics that are attributed to male facial masculinity, and how these characteristics compare to those attributed to increased age or health in faces. We found that masculinity is perceived as reflecting... Read More about Partner characteristics associated with masculinity, health and maturity in male faces.

Objectivism should not be a casualty of innovation’s operationalization. (2007)
Journal Article
Kendal, R., Dean, L., & Laland, K. (2007). Objectivism should not be a casualty of innovation’s operationalization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30(4), 413-414. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x07002440

We agree with Ramsey et al. regarding the need for new methods and concepts in the study of innovation, and welcome their initiative, but are concerned that their operationalization is over-reliant on subjective judgements.

Quantifying and modeling social learning processes in monkey populations (2007)
Journal Article
Kendal, J., Kendal, R., & Laland, K. (2007). Quantifying and modeling social learning processes in monkey populations

Putative traditions in animal opulations remain unsubstantiated in the absence of methods to isolate the mechanisms of social transmission in social groups. Here we address this problem by quantifying the effect of two social learning processes, name... Read More about Quantifying and modeling social learning processes in monkey populations.

Father-daughter relationship as a moderator of sexual imprinting: a facialmetric study (2007)
Journal Article
Wiszewska, A., Pawlowski, B., & Boothroyd, L. (2007). Father-daughter relationship as a moderator of sexual imprinting: a facialmetric study. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28(4), 248-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.02.006

This study investigated sexual imprinting in human females. Facial proportions of fathers were compared to the proportions of stimulus faces the participants found attractive. Women who rated their childhood relationships with their father highly sho... Read More about Father-daughter relationship as a moderator of sexual imprinting: a facialmetric study.

Regular rates of popular culture change reflect random copying (2007)
Journal Article
Bentley, A., Lipo, C., Herzog, H., & Hahn, M. (2007). Regular rates of popular culture change reflect random copying. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28(3), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.10.002

Almost by definition, “popular culture” reflects the effects of most people imitating those around them. At the same time, trends and fashions are constantly changing, with future outcomes potentially irrational and nearly impossible to predict. A si... Read More about Regular rates of popular culture change reflect random copying.

Mind the gap(s)....in theory, method and data: Re-examining Kanazawa (2007)
Journal Article
Dickins, T., Sear, R., & Wells, A. (2007). Mind the gap(s)....in theory, method and data: Re-examining Kanazawa. British Journal of Health Psychology, 12(2), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1348/135910707x174339

Kanazawa (2006) has put forward an evolutionarily grounded theory which claims that individuals in wealthier and more egalitarian societies live longer and stay healthier not because they are wealthier or more egalitarian but because they are more in... Read More about Mind the gap(s)....in theory, method and data: Re-examining Kanazawa.

Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sex (2007)
Journal Article
Lindenfors, P., Nunn, C., & Barton, R. (2007). Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sex. BMC Biology, 5(20), https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-5-20

Background: Social and competitive demands often differ between the sexes in mammals. These differing demands should be expected to produce variation in the relative sizes of various brain structures. Sexual selection on males can be predicted to inf... Read More about Primate brain architecture and selection in relation to sex.

Shifting gender relations at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand: Isotopic evidence from the skeletons (2007)
Journal Article
Bentley, R., Tayles, N., Higham, C., Macpherson, C., & Atkinson, T. (2007). Shifting gender relations at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand: Isotopic evidence from the skeletons. Current Anthropology, 48(2), 301-314. https://doi.org/10.1086/512987

The values for isotopes of strontium, carbon, and oxygen in human tooth enamel from the prehistoric site of Khok Phanom Di (ca. 2100–1500 BC) in Thailand shed light on human mobility and marital residence during a crucial period of subsistence change... Read More about Shifting gender relations at Khok Phanom Di, Thailand: Isotopic evidence from the skeletons.

The impact of reproduction on Gambian women: does controlling for phenotypic quality reveal costs of reproduction? (2007)
Journal Article
Sear, R. (2007). The impact of reproduction on Gambian women: does controlling for phenotypic quality reveal costs of reproduction?. American journal of physical anthropology, 132(4), 632-641. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20558

Life history theory predicts that where resources are limited, investment in reproduction will cause a decline in body condition and ultimately may lower survival rates. We investigate the relationship between reproduction and mortality in women in r... Read More about The impact of reproduction on Gambian women: does controlling for phenotypic quality reveal costs of reproduction?.

The niche construction perspective: implications for human behaviour (2007)
Journal Article
Laland, K., Kendal, J., & Brown, G. (2007). The niche construction perspective: implications for human behaviour. Journal of cultural and evolutionary psychology, 5(1-4), 51-66. https://doi.org/10.1556/jep.2007.1003

The vibrancy of the field of evolution and human behaviour belies the fact that the majority of social scientists are deeply unhappy with evolutionary accounts of human behaviour. In part, this reflects a problem within evolutionary biology: neo-Darw... Read More about The niche construction perspective: implications for human behaviour.