publications

Works in press.

Hodges-Simeon, C., Gurven, M., Cardenas, R., Gaulin, S.J.C. Voice change as a new measure of male pubertal timing. Annals of Human Biology.

Stieglitz, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Hooper, P. Household task delegation among high-fertility forager-horticulturalists of lowland Bolivia. Current Anthropology 54(2).

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2013

Winking, J., Stieglitz, J., Kurten, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2013. Polygyny among the Tsimane: an improved method for testing the polygyny-fertility hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280.

Gurven, M., Jaeggi, A.V., Kaplan, H., Cummings, D. 2013. Physical activity and modernization among Bolivian Amerindians. PLoS ONE 8(1): e55679. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055679

Gurven, M., von Rueden, C., Massenkoff, M., Kaplan, H. 2013. How universal is the Big Five? Testing the Five Factor Model of personality variation among forager-farmers in the Bolivian Amazon. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. + Supplementary Information.

Walker, R.S., Beckerman, S., Flinn, M.V., Gurven, M., von Rueden, C.R., Kramer, K.L., Greaves, R.D., Córdoba, L., Villar, D., Hagen, E.H., Koster, J.M., Sugiyama, L., Hunter, T.E., Hill, K.R. 2013. Living with kin in lowland horticultural societies. Current Anthropology 54(1):96-103.

2012

Stieglitz, J., Blackwell, A.D., Quispe Gutierrez, R., Cortez Linares, E., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. Modernization, sexual-risk taking and gynecological morbidity among Bolivian forager-horticulturalists. PLoS ONE 7(12):e50384.

McAllister, L., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Stieglitz, J. 2012. Why do women have more children than they want? Understanding differences in women’s ideal and actual family size in a natural fertility population. American Journal of Human Biology 24:786-799.

Veile, A., Winking, J., Gurven, M., Greaves, R.D., Kramer, K.L. 2012. Infant growth and the thymus: data from two South American native societies. American Journal of Human Biology 24:768-775.

Gurven, M. 2012. Infant and fetal mortality among a high mortality population in the Bolivian Amazon. Social Science and Medicine 24:786-799.

Gurven, M. 2012. Human survival and life history in evolutionary perspective. In: The Evolution of Primate Societies. Mitani, J., Call, J., Kappeler, P., Palombit, R., Silk, J. (Eds). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Pp. 293-314.

Stieglitz, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2012. Infidelity, jealousy and wife abuse among Tsimane’ forager-farmers: Testing evolutionary hypotheses of marital conflic. Evolution and Human Behavior 33: 438-448.

Gurven, M., Stieglitz, J., Hooper, P., Gomes, C., Kaplan, H. 2012. From the womb to the tomb: the role of transfers in shaping the evolved human life history. Experimental Gerontology 47:807-813.

Gurven, M., Blackwell, A., Eid Rodriguez, D., Stieglitz J., Kaplan, H. 2012. Does blood pressure inevitably rise with age? Longitudinal evidence among isolated Amerindians. Hypertension 60:25-33.

Trumble, B., Cummings, D., von Rueden, C., O’Connor, K., Smith, E.A., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2012. Physical competition increases testosterone among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists: a test of the 'challenge hypothesis'. Proceedings of Royal Society B 279:2907-2912.

Martin, M.A., Glassek, W.D., Gaulin, S.J.C., Evans, R.W., Woo, J.G., Geraghty, S.R., Davidson, B.S., Morrow, A.L., Kaplan, H.S., Gurven, M.D. 2012. Fatty acid composition in the mature milk of Bolivian forager-horticulturalists: controlled comparisons with a U.S. sample. Maternal and Child Nutrition 8(3):404-418.

Rucas, S., Gurven, M., Winking, J., Kaplan, H. 2012. Social aggression and resource conflict across the female life course in the Bolivian Amazon. Aggressive Behavior 38:194-207.

2011

Winking, J., Gurven, M. 2011. The total cost of father desertion. American Journal of Human Biology 23(6):755-763.

Blackwell, A.D., Gurven, M., Sugiyama, L.S., Madimenos, F., Liebert, M.A., Martin, M., Kaplan, H., Snodgrass, J.J. Evidence for a peak shift in a humoral response to helminths: age profiles of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the Shuar of Ecuador , the Tsimane of Bolivia, and the U.S. NHANES. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(6): e1218. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001218

von Rueden, C., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. Why do men seek high social status? Fitness payoffs to dominance and prestige. Proceedings of Royal Society B 278: 2223-2232.

Marlowe, F.W., Berbesque, J.C., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Gurven, M., Tracer, D. The 'spiteful' origins of cooperation. Proceedings of Royal Society B 278: 2159-2164.

Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Winking, J., Vie Tayo, B. Spousal violence and paternal disinvestment among Tsimane’ forager-horticulturalists. American Journal of Human Biology 23:445-457.
Vasunilashorn, S., Finch, C.E., Crimmins, E.M., Vikman, S., Stieglitz, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Allayee, H. Inflammatory gene variants in the Tsimane, an indigenous Bolivian population with a high infectious load. Biodemography and Social Biology 57(1):33-52.
Winking, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2011. The impacts of parents and self selection on child survival among the Tsimane of Bolivia. Current Anthropology 52(2):277-284.

Winking, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2011. Father death and adult success among the Tsimane: implications for marriage and divorce. Evolution and Human Behavior 32:79-89.

2010

Vasunilashorn, S., Crimmins, E.M., Kim, J.K., Winking, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Finch, C.E. 2010. Blood lipids, infection and inflammatory markers in the Tsimane of Bolivia. American Journal of Human Biology 22:731-740.

Sell, A., Bryant, G., Cosmides, L., Tooby, J., Sznycer, D., von Rueden, C., Krauss, A., Gurven, M. 2010. Adaptations in humans for assessing physical strength from the voice. Proceedings of Royal Society B 277:3509-3518.

Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Winking, J., Hooper, P., Stieglitz, J. 2010. Learning, menopause and the human adaptive complex. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences 1204:30-42.

Rucas, S., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Winking, J. 2010. Social Strategy Game: resource competition within female social networks among small-scale forager-horticulturalists. Human Nature 21:1-18.

Henrich, J., Ensminger, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas , J.C., Gurven, M., Gwako, E., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D., Ziker, J. 2010.Markets, religion, community size and the evolution of fairness and punishment. Science 327:1480-1484. + SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

Gurven, M., Hill, K. 2010. Moving beyond stereotypes of men’s foraging goals. Current Anthropology 51(2):265-267.

Gurven, M., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Hooper, P., Kaplan, H., Quinlan, R., Sear, R., Schniter, E., von Rueden, C., Bowles, S., Hertz, T., Bell , A. 2010. Domestication alone does not lead to inequality: intergenerational wealth transmission among horticulturalists. Current Anthropology 51(1):49-64.

Smith, E.A., Hill, K., Marlowe, F., Nolin, D., Weissner, P., Gurven, M., Hertz, T., Bell, A. 2010. Wealth transmission and inequality among hunter-gatherers. Current Anthropology 51(1):19-34.

Smith, E.A., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Gurven, M., Hertz, T., Shenk, M. 2010. Production systems, inheritance and inequality in premodern societies: conclusions. Current Anthropology51(1):85-94.

Smith, E.A., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Hertz, T., Shenk, M., Gurven, M. 2010. Intergenerational wealth transmission and inequality in premodern societies: Reply. Current Anthropology51(1):119-126.

2009

Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Hertz, T., Bell, A., Beise, J., Clark, G., Fazzio, I., Gurven, M., Hill, K., Hooper, P., Irons, W., Kaplan, H., Leonetti, D., Low, B., Marlowe, F., Naidu, S., Nolin, D., Piraino, P., Quinlan, R., Sear, R., Shenk, M., Smith, E.A., Wiessner, P. 2009. The Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth and the Dynamics of Inequality in Pre-Modern Societies. Science326:682-688. Supplementary Online Material

Kaplan, H., Hooper, P., Gurven, M. 2009. The evolutionary and ecological roots of human social organization. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 364:3289-3299.

Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Winking, J., Eid, D., Vasunilashorn, S., Kim, J., Finch, C., Crimmins, E. 2009. Inflammation and infection do not promote arterial aging and cardiovascular disease risk factors among lean horticulturalists. PLoS ONE 4(8): e6590. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006590.

Winking, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Stieglitz, J. 2009. The goals of direct parental care among a South Amerindian population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 139(3):295-304.

Gurven, M., Winking, J., Kaplan, H., von Rueden, C., McAllister, L. 2009. A bioeconomic approach to marriage and the sexual division of labor. Human Nature 20(2):151-183.

Gurven, M., Fenelon, A. 2009. Has the rate of actuarial aging "slowed" over the past 250 years? A comparison of small-scale subsistence populations, and Swedish and English cohorts. Evolution63(4): 1017-1035.

Gurven, M., Hill, K. 2009. Why do men hunt? A re-evaluation of "Man the Hunter" and the sexual division of labor. Current Anthropology 50(1):51-74.

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.

Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Winking, J. 2009. An Evolutionary Theory of Human Lifespan: Embodied Capital and the Human Adaptive Complex. In: Handbook of Theories of Aging. (Editors:Bengtson, V., Silverstein, M., Putney, N., Gans, D). Springer. Pp. 39-66.

2008

von Rueden, C., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2008. Multiple dimensions of male social statuses in an Amazonian society. Evolution and Human Behavior 29(6):402-415.

Kaplan, H., Gurven, M. 2008. Top-down and bottom-up research in biodemography. Demographic Research, Special Issue: Reflections on the Future of Biodemography 19:1587-1602.

Gurven, M., Zanolini, A., Schniter, E. 2008. Culture sometimes matter: intra-cultural variation in division norms among Tsimane Amerindians: real or spurious? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 67: 587-607.

Allen-Arave, W., Gurven, M., Hill, K. 2008. Reciprocal altruism, not kin selection, maintains nepotistic food transfers on an Ache reservation. Evolution and Human Behavior 29: 305-318.

Gurven, M., Winking, J. 2008. Collective action in action: pro-social behavior in and out of the laboratory. American Anthropologist 110(2):179-190.

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.

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.

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 Sciences275: 827-833.

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.

2007

Tuljapurkar, S., Puleston, C., Gurven, M. 2007. Why men matter: mating patterns drive evolution of human lifespan. PLoS ONE 2(8): e785.

Winking, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Rucas, S. 2007. Why do men marry and why do they stray? Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 274:1643:1649.

Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. 2007. Hunter-gatherer longevity: cross-cultural perspectives. Population and Development Review 33: 321-365.

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.

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 .

2006

Gurven, M., von Rueden, C. 2006. Hunting, social status and biological fitness. Biodemography and Social Biology 53:81-99.

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.

DeBacker, C., Gurven, M. 2006. Whispering down the lane: the economics of vicarious information transfer. Adaptive Behavior 14(3):249-264.

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.

Gurven, M., and H. Kaplan. 2006. Determinants of time allocation to production across the lifespan among the Machiguenga and Piro Indians of Peru. Human Nature 17(1):1-49.

Gurven, M. 2006. The evolution of contingent cooperation. Current Anthropology 47(1):185-92. CA+enhancements

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.

Gurven, M., Walker, R. 2006. Energetic demand of multiple dependents and the evolution of slow human growth. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London , Series B: Biological Sciences273:835-841. Electronic supplement.

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.

2005

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. (with commentaries, and response)

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.

2004

Gurven, M. 2004. To give or not to give: an evolutionary ecology of human food transfers. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.27(4):543-583. (with commentaries, and response)

Gurven, M., K. Hill, and F. Jakugi. 2004. Why do foragers share and sharers forage?: explorations of social dimensions of foraging. Research in Economic Anthropology 23:19-43.

Gurven, M. 2004. Reciprocal altruism and food sharing decisions among hunter-gatherers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56(4): 366-380.

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 Economics7:5-24.

Godoy, R., Gurven, M., Byron, E., Reyes-García, V., Keough, J., Vadez, V., Wilkie, D., Leonard, W.R., Apaza, L., Huanca, T., Pérez, E. 2004. Why don't markets increase economic inequalities? Kuznets in the Bush. Human Ecology 32(3):339-364.

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.

Hill, K. Gurven, M. 2004. Economic experiments to examine fairness and cooperation among the Ache Indians of Paraguay. 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.

2002

Gurven, M., Hill, K, and H. Kaplan. 2002. From forest to reservation: transitions in food sharing behavior among the Ache of Paraguay. Journal of Anthropological Research 58(1):93-120.

2001

Gurven, M., Allen-Arave, W., Hill, K., Hurtado, A.M. 2001. Reservation sharing among the Ache of Paraguay. Human Nature 12(4):273-98.

2000

Gurven, M.D., Kim Hill, H. Kaplan, A. Hurtado, R. Lyles. 2000. Food transfers among Hiwi foragers of Venezuela: tests of reciprocity. Human Ecology 28(2):171-218.

Gurven, M.D, W. Allen-Arave, K. Hill, A.M. Hurtado. 2000. It's a Wonderful Life: signaling generosity among the Ache of Paraguay. Evolution and Human Behavior 21:263-282.

Gurven, M.D. 2000. How can we distinguish between mutational "hot spots" and "old sites" in human mtDNA samples? Human Biology 72(3):455-471.

<2000

Harpending, H., Baxter, M., Gurven, M., Jorde, L.B., Rogers , A.R., and Sherry, S.T. 1998. Genetic traces of ancient demography. PNAS 95(4):1961-67.

Book Reviews, Encyclopedia Entries, Comments, Responses

Henrich, J., Boyd, R., McElreath, R., Gurven, M., Richerson, P.J., Ensminger, J., Alvard, M., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Camerer, C., Cardenas, J.C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., Gil-White, F., Gwako, E.L., Henrich, N., Hill, K., Lesogorol, C., Patton, J.Q., Marlowe, F.W., Tracer, D.P., Ziker, J. 2012. Reply to van Hoorn: Converging lines of evidence. PNAS 109(26):E1678.

Gurven, M. 2012. Comment on “Do risk and time experimental choices represent individual strategies for coping with poverty or conformity to social norms? Evidence from rural southwestern Madagascar” by Bram Tucker. Current Anthropology 53(2):169-170.

Henrich, J., Boyd, R., McElreath, R., Gurven, M., Richerson, P.J., Ensminger, J., Alvard, M., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Camerer, C., Cardenas, J.C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., Gil-White, F., Gwako, E.L., Henrich, N., Hill, K., Lesogorol, C., Patton, J.Q., Marlowe, F.W., Tracer, D.P., Ziker, J. 2012. Culture does account for variation in game behavior. PNAS 109(2):E32-E33.

Von Rueden, C., Gurven, M. 2012. When the strong punish: why net costs of punishment are often negligible. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 35:43-44.

Smith, E.A., Gurven, M., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. 2011. Anthropology: it can be interdisciplinary. Nature 471: 448. Download original pre-chopped version here.

Henrich, J., Ensminger, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J.C., Gurven, M., Gwako, E., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D., Ziker, J. 2010.Response—Evolution of fairness. Science 329:389-390.

Gurven, M., Schniter, E. 2010. An evolutionary perspective can help unify disparate accounts of grandparental investment. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33:25-26.

Gurven, M. 2007. Review of The Evolution of Human Life History. Journal of Anthropological Research 63(3):401-402.

Gurven, M. 2006. "Human Behavioral Ecology". In: H. Birx (Ed). Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Thousand Oaks , CA : SAGE Publications.

Gurven, M. 2004. Review of On Fertile Ground: Natural History of Human Reproduction. Journal of Anthropological Research 60(1):132-133.

Gurven, M. 2004. Review of Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation. Journal of Anthropological Research 60: 399-400.

Gurven, M., and K. Hill. 1997. Comment on Hadza women's time allocation, offspring provisioning, and the evolution of long postmenopausal life spans by Kristen Hawkes, James F. O'Connell, NickG. Blurton Jones. Current Anthropology 38:566-67.

Works under review

Gurven, M. Why don't the Tsimane punish? ultimatums, dictators, and punishment. In prep for second cross-cultural games volume. SAGE.