Outputs (470)

An evolutionary perspective on male preferences for female body shape. (2007)
Book Chapter
Scott, I., Bentley, G., Tovee, M., Ahamed, F., Magid, K., & Sharmeen, T. (2007). An evolutionary perspective on male preferences for female body shape. In V. Swami, & A. Furnham (Eds.), Body Beautiful: Evolutionary and Socio-cultural Perspectives (65-87). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596887_5

Measuring hormonal variation in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis: cortisol. (2007)
Book Chapter
Pollard, T., & Ice, G. (2007). Measuring hormonal variation in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis: cortisol. In G. Ice, & G. James (Eds.), Measuring stress in humans: a practical guide for the field (122-158). Cambridge University Press

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

Conducting cognitive tasks - and interpreting the results. The case of spatial inference tasks (2007)
Book Chapter
Widlok, T. (2007). Conducting cognitive tasks - and interpreting the results. The case of spatial inference tasks. In J. Wassmann, & K. Stockhaus (Eds.), Experiencing new worlds (258-280). Berghahn Journals

Breastfeeding and mother-infant sleep proximity: implications for infant care (2007)
Book Chapter
Ball, H., & Klingaman, K. (2007). Breastfeeding and mother-infant sleep proximity: implications for infant care. In W. Trevathan, E. Smith, & J. McKenna (Eds.), Evolutionary medicine and health : new perspectives (226-241). (2nd). Oxford University Press

Research into mother–infant cosleeping with breastfeeding represents a relatively new area for behavioral and physiological investigation inspired by evolutionary thinking. This topic within the evolutionary medicine rubric might well be the furthest... Read More about Breastfeeding and mother-infant sleep proximity: implications for infant care.

Local experts - expert locals. A comparative perspective on biodiversity and environmental knowledge systems in Australia and Namibia (2007)
Book Chapter
Widlok, T. (2007). Local experts - expert locals. A comparative perspective on biodiversity and environmental knowledge systems in Australia and Namibia. In M. Casimir (Ed.), Culture and environmental change (363-393). Berghahn Journals

Racialization, Genes and the Reinventions of Nation in Europe (2007)
Book Chapter
Campbell, B. (2007). Racialization, Genes and the Reinventions of Nation in Europe. In P. Wade (Ed.), Race, ethnicity and nation: perspectives from kinship and genetics (95-124). Berghahn Journals

Across Europe the possibilities of new reproductive technologies have been responded to by national ethical regulatory regimes in markedly different ways. This study moves genetic debates onto a comparative and historical plane, by looking specifical... Read More about Racialization, Genes and the Reinventions of Nation in Europe.

Hominoid cranial diversity and adaptation (2007)
Book Chapter
Bilsborough, A., & Rae, T. (2007). Hominoid cranial diversity and adaptation. In R. Henke, & I. Tattersall (Eds.), Handbook of paleoanthropology (1031-1105). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33761-4_35

Muktir Gaan (Songs of Freedom), the Raped Woman and the Migrant Identities of the Bangladesh War. (2006)
Book Chapter
Mookherjee, N. (2006). Muktir Gaan (Songs of Freedom), the Raped Woman and the Migrant Identities of the Bangladesh War. In N. Behera (Ed.), Gender, Conflict and Migration. (as part of the Gender and Migration in Asia (72-96). Sage: New Delhi

Sites of Knowledge: different ways of knowing on an archaeological excavation. (2006)
Book Chapter
Yarrow, T. (2006). Sites of Knowledge: different ways of knowing on an archaeological excavation. In M. Edgeworth (Ed.), Ethnographies of Archaeological Practice: Cultural Encounters, Material Transformations. AltaMira Press

Mosaic evolution of brain structure in mammals. (2006)
Book Chapter
Barton, R. (2006). Mosaic evolution of brain structure in mammals. In Evolution of nervous systems. Elsevier

Perspective Matters: Traversing Scale through Archaeological Practice. (2006)
Book Chapter
Yarrow, T. (2006). Perspective Matters: Traversing Scale through Archaeological Practice. In G. Lock, & B. Molyneaux (Eds.), Confronting Scale in Archaeology: Issues of Theory and Practice (77-88). Altamira Press

Branching versus blending in macroscale cultural evolution: a comparative study. (2006)
Book Chapter
Collard, M., Shennan, S., & Tehrani, J. (2006). Branching versus blending in macroscale cultural evolution: a comparative study. In C. Lipo, M. O'Brien, M. Collard, & S. Shennan (Eds.), Mapping Our Ancestors (53-63). (1). Aldine Transaction

‘You don’t do fieldwork, fieldwork does you’: Between Subjectivation and Objectivation in Anthropological Fieldwork. (2006)
Book Chapter
Simpson, B. (2006). ‘You don’t do fieldwork, fieldwork does you’: Between Subjectivation and Objectivation in Anthropological Fieldwork. In D. Hobbs, & R. Wright (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Fieldwork. SAGE Publications

On Knowing and Not Knowing: the Many Valuations of Piaroa Local Knowledge (2006)
Book Chapter
Heckler, S. (2006). On Knowing and Not Knowing: the Many Valuations of Piaroa Local Knowledge. In P. Sillitoe (Ed.), Local science vs. global science : approaches to indigenous knowledge in international development (91 -108). Berghahn Journals

Reading Religious Architecture (2006)
Book Chapter
Collins, P. (2006). Reading Religious Architecture. In E. Arweck, & P. Collins (Eds.), Reading religion in text and context (137-156). Ashgate Publishing

The uptake of modern contraception in a Gambian community: the diffusion of an innovation over 25 years (2006)
Book Chapter
Mace, R., Allal, N., Sear, R., & Prentice, A. (2006). The uptake of modern contraception in a Gambian community: the diffusion of an innovation over 25 years. In J. Wells, S. Strickland, & K. Laland (Eds.), Social information transmission and human biology (191-205). CRC Press

Social capital as culture? Promoting cooperative action in Ghana (2006)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., & Lyon, F. (2006). Social capital as culture? Promoting cooperative action in Ghana. In S. Radcliffe (Ed.), Culture and development in a globalizing world : geographies, actors, and paradigms (150-169). Routledge

In this chapter we focus on culture and its complex interconnections with the concept of social capital. Our study is set in the context of recent preoccupations of the World Bank (followed by other donors) with the concept of social capital itself a... Read More about Social capital as culture? Promoting cooperative action in Ghana.

Night-time infant care: cultural practice, evolution, and infant development (2006)
Book Chapter
Ball, H. L. (2006). Night-time infant care: cultural practice, evolution, and infant development. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Childrearing and infant care issues : a cross-cultural perspective (47-61). Nova Science Publishers

'Better Occasional Murders than Frequent Adulteries': Discourses on Banditry, Violence, and Sacrifice in the Mediterranean (2006)
Book Chapter
Sant Cassia, P. (2006). 'Better Occasional Murders than Frequent Adulteries': Discourses on Banditry, Violence, and Sacrifice in the Mediterranean. In F. Coronil, & J. Skurski (Eds.), States of violence (219-268). University of Michigan Press

This book chapter explores both the conditions that led to widespread violence and banditry in the Mediterranean up till the early 19th century, and the mechanisms operative to extract consent and complicity at the grassroots. It then examines how in... Read More about 'Better Occasional Murders than Frequent Adulteries': Discourses on Banditry, Violence, and Sacrifice in the Mediterranean.