Publications
Winking, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Stieglitz, J. The goals of direct parental care among a South Amerindian population. In press at American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Gurven, M., Winking, J., Kaplan, H., von Rueden, C., McAllister, L. A bioeconomic approach to marriage and the sexual division of labor. In press at Human Nature.
Rucas, S., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Winking, J. Resource competition within female social networks among small-scale forager-horticulturalists: the Social Strategy Game. In press at Human Nature.
Kaplan, H.S., Robson, A.J. We age because we grow. In press at Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Winking, J. 2009. An Evolutionary Theory of Human Lifespan: Embodied Capital and the Human Adaptive Complex. For: Handbook of Theories of Aging. (Editors: Bengtson, V., Silverstein, M., Putney, N., Gans, D). Springer. Pp. 39-66.
Gurven, M., Fenelon, A. 2009. Has the rate of actuarial aging changed over the past 250 years? A comparison of small-scale subsistence populations, and Swedish and English cohorts. Evolution 63(4): 1017-1035.
Sell, A., Cosmides, L., Tooby, J., Sznycer, D., von Rueden, C., Gurven, M. 2009. Human adaptations for the visual assessment of strength and fighting ability from the body and face. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:575-584.
Hooper, P.L., Hooper, P.L. 2009. Inflammation, heat shock proteins, and type 2 diabetes. Cell Stress and Chaperones 14:113-115.
Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Crimmins, E., Finch, C., Winking, J. 2008. Lifetime Inflammation in Two Epidemiological Worlds: the Tsimane of Bolivia and the United States. Journal of Gerontology Biological Sciences 63A(2):196-199.
Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2008. Beyond the grandmother hypothesis: evolutionary models of longevity. For: Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives, 3rd edition (Editor J. Sokolovosky). Greenwood Press. Pp. 53-60.
von Rueden, C., Gurven, M, Kaplan, H. 2008. Multiple dimensions of male social status in an Amazonian society. Evolution and Human Behavior 29(6):402-415.
Marlowe, F., Berbesque, J.C., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanataz, A., Cardenas, J.C., Ensminger, J., Gurven, M., Gwako, E., Henrich, J., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., McElreath, J., Tracer, D. 2008. More ‘altruistic’ punishment in larger societies. Proceedings of Royal Society B 275:587-590.
Gurven, M., Winking, J. 2008. Collective action in action: pro-social behavior in and out of the laboratory. American Anthropologist 110(2):179-190
Walker, R., Gurven, M., Burger, O., Hamilton, M. 2008. The tradeoff between number and size of offspring in humans and other primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences 275: 827-833.
Gurven, M., Zanolini, A., Schniter, E. 2008. Culture sometimes matters: intra-cultural variation in division norms among Tsimane Amerindians: real or spurious? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 67: 587-607.
Gurven, M., von Rueden, C. Hunting, social status and biological fitness. Social Biology. 53:81-99
Kaplan, H., Gangestad, S., Gurven, M., Lancaster, J., Mueller, T., Robson, A. 2007. The evolution of diet, brain and life history among primates and humans. In: Guts and Brains: an Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record. W. Roebroek, Editor. Leiden, Leiden University Press, pp. 47-81.
Kaplan, H., Gurven, M, Lancaster, J. 2007. Brain evolution and the human adaptive complex: an ecological and social theory. In: The Evolution of Mind: Fundamental Questions and Controversies (S.W. Gangestad, J.A. Simpson, Eds). Guilford Publications: New York.
Winking, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Rucas, S. 2007. Why do Men Marry and Why do they Stray? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274:1643:1649.
Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Zelada Supa, A. 2007. Mortality experience of Tsimane Amerindians: regional variation and temporal trends. American Journal of Human Biology. 19:376-398.
Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2007. Hunter-gatherer longevity: cross-cultural perspectives. Population and Development Review. 33: 321-365.
Winking, J. 2006. Are men that bad as fathers? The role of men’s investments. Social Biology. 53(1-2): 100-115.
Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Gutierrez, M. 2006. How long does it take to become a proficient hunter? Implications for the evolution of delayed growth. Journal of Human Evolution. 51:454-470.
Henrich, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J., Gurven, M., Gwako, L., Henrich, N., Lesorogal, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D., Ziker, J. 2006. Costly punishment across societies. Science 312:1767-1770. Supplemental text.
Walker, R., Gurven, M., Hill, K., Migliano, A., Chagnon, N., Djurovic, G., Hames, R., Hurtado, AM, Kaplan, H., Oliver, W., de Souza, R., Valeggia, C., Yamauchi, T. 2006. Growth rates, developmental markers and life histories in 21 small-scale societies. American Journal of Human Biology 18:295-311.
Rucas, S., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Winking, J., Gangestad, S., Crespo, M. 2006. Female intrasexual competition and reputational effects on attractiveness among the Tsimane of Bolivia. Evolution and Human Behavior 27(1):40-52.
Kaplan, H., and M. Gurven. 2005. The natural history of human food sharing and cooperation: a review and a new multi-individual approach to the negotiation of norms. Moral Sentiments and Material Interests: The Foundations of Cooperation in Economic Life. (Eds. H. Gintis, S. Bowles, R. Boyd, E. Fehr). MIT Press, pp. 75-113.
Henrich, J., R. Boyd, S. Bowles, C. Camerer, E. Fehr, H. Gintis, R. McElreath, M. Alvard, A. Barr, J. Ensminger, K. Hill, F. Gil-White, M. Gurven, F. Marlowe, J.Patton, N. Smith, and D. Tracer. 2005. 'Economic Man' in cross-cultural perspective: economic experiments in 15 small scale societes. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28(6):795-855.
Gurven, M. Why don't the Tsimane punish? Ultimatums, dictators, and punishment. In prep for second cross-cultural games volume.
Gurven, M. 2004. Economic games among the Amazonian Tsimane: exploring the roles of market access, costs of giving, and cooperation on pro-social game behavior. Experimental Economics 7:5-24.
Gurven, M. 2004. Does market exposure affect economic behavior? The ultimatum game and public goods game among the Tsimane' of Bolivia. In: Foundations of Human Sociality: Ethnography and Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies. (Eds. J. Henrich, R. Boyd, S. Bowles, H. Gintis E. Fehr, C. Camerer). Oxford University Press.