Publications                                                            Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view pdf files

Works in press

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

• Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. Beyond the grandmother hypothesis: evolutionary models of longevity. For: Cultural Context of Aging, 3rd edition (Editor J. Sokolovosky).

• von Rueden, C., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H. Multiple dimensions of male social statuses in an Amazonian society. Evolution and Human Behavior.

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

Journal Articles

• 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 Sciences 275: 827-833.

• 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.

• Gurven, M., von Rueden, C. 2006. Hunting, social status and biological fitness. 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):185-192. 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 Sciences 273:835-841.

• 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.

• 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)

• 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 Economics 7:5-24.

• 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., 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. View abstract

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

• 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. View abstract

• 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. View abstract

• 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.    View abstract

• 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 chapters

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Book Reviews, Encyclopedia Entries and Comments

• 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, Nick G. 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.

• Gurven, M., Hill, K. Hunting as subsistence and mating effort? A re-evaluation of "Man the Hunter", the sexual division of labor and the evolution of the nuclear family. Current Anthropology.

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

• Winking, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Stieglitz, J. The goals of direct parental care among a South Amerindian population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

• Gurven, M., Winking, J., Kaplan, H., von Rueden, C., McAllister, L. A bargaining approach to marriage and the sexual division of labor. In Human Nature.

• Gurven, M., Fenelon, A. 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.

• Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Winking, J., Eid, D., Vasunilashorn, S., Kim, J., Finch, C., Crimmins, E. Absence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and atherosclerosis in a highly infectious population in the Bolivian Amazon. In prep for PNAS.

• Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Winking, J. 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.