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The Ecologically Noble Savage Debate by Hames, Raymond

“…Debate around the ecologically noble savage represents two markedly different research threads. The first addresses the issue of conservation among native…”
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Growth rates and life histories in twenty-two small-scale societies by Walker, Robert, Gurven, Michael, Hill, Kim, Migliano, Andrea, Chagnon, Napoleon, De Souza, Roberta, Djurovic, Gradimir, Hames, Raymond, Hurtado, A. Magdalena, Kaplan, Hillard, Kramer, Karen, Oliver, William J., Valeggia, Claudia, Yamauchi, Taro

“…This study investigates variation in body growth (cross‐sectional height and weight velocity) among a sample of 22 small‐scale societies. Considerable…”
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Impediments to peace by Hames, Raymond

“…While effective institutional practices are critical for the evolution of peace certain factors deter their effectiveness. In-group and out-group dynamics may…”
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Pacifying Hunter-Gatherers by Hames, Raymond

“…There is a well-entrenched schism on the frequency (how often), intensity (deaths per 100,000/year), and evolutionary significance of warfare among…”
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The “female fertility–social stratification–hypergyny” hypothesis of male homosexual preference: factual, conceptual and methodological errors in Barthes et al. [Commentary] by VanderLaan, Doug P, Garfield, Zachary H, Garfield, Melissa J, Leca, Jean-Baptiste, Vasey, Paul L, Hames, Raymond B

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Cultural and reproductive success and the causes of war: A Yanomamö perspective by Hames, Raymond

“…Inter-group competition including warfare is posited to be a key force in human evolution (Alexander, 1990; Choi & Bowles, 2007; Wrangham, 1999). Chagnon's…”
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Sex differences in spatial abilities: Methodological problems in Hoffman et al by Bailey, Drew H, Lippa, Richard A, Del Giudice, Marco, Hames, Raymond, Geary, Dave C

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Women's work, child care, and helpers-at-the-nest in a hunter-gatherer society by Hames, Raymond, Draper, Patricia

“…Considerable research on helpers-at-the-nest demonstrates the positive effects of firstborn daughters on a mother's reproductive success and the survival of…”
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Yanomami: the fierce controversy and what we can learn from it. by Borofsky, Robert, Borofsky, Robert

“…Yanomami raises questions central to the field of anthropology—questions concerning the practice of fieldwork, the production of knowledge, and anthropology's…”
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Napoleon A. Chagnon by Hames, Raymond

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Diversity in Human Behavioral Ecology by Hames, Raymond

“…As befitting an evolutionary approach to the study of human behavior, the papers in this special issue of Human Nature cover a diversity of topics in modern…”
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In memoriam: Napoleon A. Chagnon by Hames, Raymond, Irons, William, Flinn, Mark

“…Anthropologist Napoleon A. Chagnon was a central figure in the development and foundation of evolutionary approaches to human behavior. We highlight his…”
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Anthropological Data Regarding the Adaptiveness of Hebephilia by Hames, Raymond, Blanchard, Ray

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Is Male Androphilia a Context-Dependent Cross-Cultural Universal? by Hames, Raymond, Garfield, Zachary, Garfield, Melissa

“…The cross-cultural ethnographic literature has traditionally used the label male “homosexuality” to describe sexual relationships between biological males…”
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Postscript to “Anthropological Data Regarding the Adaptiveness of Hebephilia” by Hames, Raymond, Blanchard, Ray

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Birth order, sibling investment, and fertility among Ju/’Hoansi (!Kung) by Draper, Patricia, Hames, Raymond

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Parental investment and child health in a Yanomamö village suffering short-term food stress by Hagen, E H, Hames, R B, Craig, N M, Lauer, M T, Price, M E

“…The 1998 El Niño significantly reduced garden productivity in the Upper Orinoco region in Venezuela. Consequently, parents were forced to allocate food…”
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Why Do Men Hunt?: A Reevaluation of “Man the Hunter” and the Sexual Division of Labor by Gurven, Michael, Hill, Kim

“…The role of men in hunter‐gatherer societies has been subject to vigorous debate over the past 15 years. The proposal that men hunt wild game as a form of…”
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A Survey of Non-Classical Polyandry by Starkweather, Katherine E., Hames, Raymond

“…We have identified a sample of 53 societies outside of the classical Himalayan and Marquesean area that permit polyandrous unions. Our goal is to broadly…”
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Multilevel modeling analysis of dyadic network data with an application to Ye'kwana food sharing by Koster, Jeremy, Leckie, George, Miller, Andrew, Hames, Raymond

“…ABSTRACT Behavioral ecologists have recently begun using multilevel modeling for the analysis of social behavior. We present a multilevel modeling formulation…”
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