Research into land and social-ecological systems science could benefit from improved
clarity in the terminology used for causal analysis and a structured way to make causal …

▪ Abstract Species are routinely used as fundamental units of analysis in biogeography,
ecology, macroevolution, and conservation biology. A large literature focuses on defining …

Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals
in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to …

In our response to the 28 (largely positive) commentaries from an esteemed collection of
researchers, we (1) consolidate additional evidence, extensions, and amplifications offered …

This ambitious, interdisciplinary book seeks to explain the origins of religion using our
knowledge of the evolution of cognition. A cognitive anthropologist and psychologist, Scott …

Cooperation among humans is one of the keys to our great evolutionary success. Natalie
and Joseph Henrich examine this phenomena with a unique fusion of theoretical work on …

The conventional wisdom says that the devolution of Classic Maya civilization occurred
because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical …

If ethnic actors represent ethnic groups as essentialized natural groups despite the fact that
ethnic essences do not exist, we must understand why. This article presents a hypothesis …

Ethnopharmacology as a well-defined field has a relatively short history, but for centuries
researchers have been interested in the observation, description, and experimental …

An award-winning book, Doing Research is a must read. Designed for students across a
variety of social science disciplines, it is the first research methods text devoted to conflict …