Congratulations to our own Dr. Claudia Valeggia who was one of the recipients of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award for Inclusion and Belonging. This award seeks...
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Human Biology, anthropology Ph.D. candidate Amelia Sancilio and co-authors Mark Eggerman and Professor Catherine...
Purpose:
Perceptions of environmental adversity and access to economic resources in adolescence can theoretically affect the timing of life history transitions and investment...
“Background: Market integration (MI) – increasing production for and consumption from a market-based economy – is drastically altering traditional ways of life and...
Objectives. To estimate trends of undernutrition (stunting and underweight) among children younger than 5 years covered by the universal health coverage programs Plan Nacer...
Abstract: Richerson et al. make a compelling case for cultural evolution. In focusing on cultural group selection, however, they neglect important individual-level accounts...
Background:
Do evolutionary specializations lead to evolutionary constraint? This appears plausible, particularly when specialization leads to loss of complex adaptations....