Professor Boone works on economic and ecological models of social hierarchy formation, social stratification, and costly signaling. He is also interested in the use of historical and archeological data in evolutionary research.

He currently directs archaeological research on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa, examining demography and Islamization in the Medieval Period.

Research interests include human population structure, human origins, cultural and genetic correspondence, distinguishing population continuity versus replacement using ancient DNA, and microevolution in small-scale populations.

Current research applies novel methods to understand the relationship between patterns of linguistic and genetic variation in Native Americans.

Professor Kaplan's current research interests include life history theory, disease, aging, and the evolution of human longevity. Other interests include the evolutionary ecology of human sociality, food sharing, parental investment, and sex roles.

He directs research with Michael Gurven (UCSB) among the Tsimane of Bolivia examining health, longevity, social support, and exchange. Click here to access the Tsimane project homepage.

Research interests include primate social behavior, evolution of human behavior, reproductive biology, parental investment, life history. Current research: reproductive behavior and parental investment among humans, especially in the Southwest.

My research focuses on the relationship between ecology, physiology and behavior. I use non-invasive monitoring techniques to investigate the physiological causes and consequences of social behavior in humans and non-human primates. Most of this research has been done with the Kanyawara chimpanzee community in Kibale National Park, Uganda, but I have also done field work with human foragers and pastoralists in Tanzania. I am particularly interested in what comparisons between chimpanzee and human behavior and physiology can tell us about human evolution.

I am interested in fossil ape and hominid paleoecology. My research incorporates dental microwear and isotopic analyses to reconstruct paleohabitats, climates, and dietary adaptations. Most of my research has focused on the interaction of climate, vegetation, and faunal changes in a 20 million year fossil sequence in Pakistan, particularly the roles that changing habitat and climate played in the extinction of the Miocene ape Sivapithecus. I also work with modern faunas, including a chimpanzee site in Uganda and Hadza foragers in Tanzania. My goal is to have a direct comparison between fossil and modern data to better interpret fossil ape and hominid adaptations.

Research interests include human evolution and skeletal biology. Within the field of human evolution, his research concentrates on the origin of modern humans. Other interests include paleoanthropology, functional morphology, quantitative methods, Africa and Europe.

My research focuses on reproductive strategies and the interaction of ecology, physiology and behavior in primates, particularly in female apes. My research has explored how variation in resource access impacts the reproductive function of chimpanzees. I am also interested in the form and function of sexually coercive behavior in different species, the impact of aging on reproductive and social status, the interaction of ecological and social stress, population and individual diversity in aggressive behavior, causes and correlates of reproductive development, and flexibility in life history patterns within and between ape species.