Hillard Kaplan
Professor of Anthropology
At UNM since Fall 1986

Anthropology Courses Taught at UNM
The Human Life Course (160)
Human Evolutionary Ecology (462/567)
HEE Data Analysis (564)
Theory in Human Evolutionary Ecology (562)

Education
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, English, BA, 1975, Suma Cum Laude
University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School of Communications, Philadelphia, PA, Communications, MAs, 1980
Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, New York, N.Y., Anthropology, MA., 1983
University of Utah, Department of Anthropology, Salt Lake City, Utah, Anthropology, Ph.D., 1983.
Dissertation: “The Evolution of Food Sharing among Adult Conspecifics: Research with Ache Hunter-Gatherers of Paraguay”

Fieldwork
Director of The Tsimane Project
Field Research in lowland Bolivia with Tsimane Native South Americans, 2002 to present
Field Research in Township Schools, Cape Town, South Africa 1998-99
Environmental Economics in New Mexico, 1995 to 1998
Demographic Survey Research, Albuquerque, NM., June 1990 to 1994
Field Research Manu National Park Peru with Machiguenga and Piro Indians, June 1988 - June 1989
Field Research Manu National Park Peru with Machiguenga and Yaminahua Native South Americans, May - August 1986
Field Research in Eastern Paraguay with Ache Foragers, September 1984 - March 1985
Exploratory Research on Mashco-Piro Foragers in Manu National Park, Peru, Fall 1983
Field Research in Eastern Paraguay with Ache Hunter-Gatherers, Fall 1981 - Spring 1982

Selected Publications
Kaplan, H. Gangestad, S, Lancaster, J., Gurven, M. and Robson, A. The evolution of diet, brain and life history among primates and humans. In Guts, Brains, Food and the Social Life of Early Hominids. W. Roebocks, ed. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam Press. Forthcoming.

Robson, A. and Kaplan, H. Why do We Die? Economics, Biology and Aging. American Economic Review (Supplement): in press.

Gurven, M and Kaplan, H. Mortality Experience of Tsimane Amerindians of Bolivia: Regional variation and temporal trends. American Journal of Human Biology, in press.

Gurven, M and Kaplan, H. Mortality Experience of Tsimane Amerindians of Bolivia: Regional variation
and temporal trends. Population and Development Review, in press.

Lancaster, J.B. and H. S. Kaplan. Chimpanzee and human intelligence: Life history, diet and the mind. In: S. W. Gangestad and J. A. Simpson, eds.The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies. NY: Guilford Publications, in press.

Kaplan, H. and Gangestad, S. Optimality and Brain Evolution: In: S. W. Gangestad and J. A. Simpson,
eds. The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies. NY: Guilford Publications, in press.

Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. and Lancaster, H. Brain Evolution and the Human Adaptive Complex: An ecological and social theory. In: S. W. Gangestad and J. A. Simpson, eds. The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies. NY: Guilford Publications. In press.

Anderson, K.G, H. Kaplan & J. Lancaster Confidence of Paternity, Divorce and Investment in Children by Albuquerque Men. Evolution and Human Behavior 28:1, Pages 110, in press.

Gurven, M, Kaplan, H., & Guitierrez, M. How long does it take to become a proficient hunter? Implications on the evolution of delayed growth. Journal of Human Evolution 51:454470, November 2006.

Anderson, K.G., H. Kaplan & J. Lancaster. Demographic correlates of paternity confidence among
Albuquerque men. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131 (4):560571, December 2006.

Kaplan, H. The :Life History of a Foraging Species. Daedalus (On Aging): 4857, Winter 2006.

Personal Webpage: http://www.unm.edu/~hkaplan

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