Human Behavioral Ecology: 92 (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Series Number 92) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108434347 ISBN 13: 9781108434348

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to the latest theory and empirical research in the field of human behavioral ecology.

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About the Authors

Jeremy Koster is an external faculty member at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. He conducts research among indigenous Nicaraguans and co-directs a collaborative project that examines the social determinants of wealth inequality. His interdisciplinary work on the behavior and demography of domestic dogs helps to advance understandings of the mechanisms for artificial selection.

Brooke Scelza is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and co-director of the Kunene Rural Health and Demography Project in Namibia, where she has been working with Himba pastoralists since 2010 to study family dynamics and reproductive decision-making. She is a former president of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society.

Mary K. Shenk is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Demography and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on marriage, parental investment, and fertility in South Asia where she has conducted fieldwork since 2001. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and former President of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108434347
• ISBN 13: 9781108434348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 534
• Editor: Koster Jeremy