The demographic success of humans compared with other closely related species can be
attributed to the relatively rapid pace of reproduction and improved chances of survival. The …

Over recent millennia, human populations have regularly reconstructed their subsistence
niches, changing both how they obtain food and the conditions in which they live. For …

In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were
Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes …

Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by
the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from …

How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are
families and communities structured around them? Now available in a revised edition, this …

The precise quantitative nature of the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA) is
difficult to reconstruct. The EEA represents a multitude of different geographic and temporal …

Child death has played an important role in the evolution of humans. Of all stages of
development, and at all historical times beyond Modern history, childhood has been …

Across human societies infants receive care from both their mothers and others.
Reproductive cooperation raises two important questions: how does allocare benefit …

There is a strong intuitive expectation in both popular lore and conventional evolutionary
thinking that more males lead to more violence. Here, we untangle the logic behind this …

One of the defining features of human evolution is our demographic success. As of August
2019, the world's population exceeds 7.7 billion. The human capacity for population growth …