Gender inequalities in status and prestige are common across many populations, but while
considerable attention has been paid to understanding the drivers of men's status, the …

The gender-specific labor demands of arid pastoralism often lead to spousal separation.
Men typically respond in one of two ways: engage in mate guarding tactics, or loosen …

At the headwaters of the Yenisei River in Tuva and northern Mongolia, nomadic pastoralists
move between camps in a seasonal rotation that facilitates their animals' access to high …

Objectives Arid pastoralism is often understood as an adaptive strategy to marginal
environments. As pastoralists become increasingly market integrated, novel dietary …

Paternal investment is predicted to be a facultative calculation based on expected fitness
returns and modulated by a host of social predictors including paternity uncertainty …

Female-biased kinship (FBK) arises in numerous species and in diverse human cultures,
suggesting deep evolutionary roots to female-oriented social structures. The significance of …

Paternal care in humans is facultative, with investment decisions responsive to
socioecological context. In particular, paternity confidence is thought to have a significant …

Extramarital partnerships are highly stigmatized in many societies and are typically excluded
from studies of family dynamics and social support. Nevertheless, in many societies such …

Relative mate value has long been believed to be a critical component of mate choice in
humans. However, most empirical work focuses on preferences rather than actual pair …

The question of when and why societies have transitioned away from matriliny to other types
of kinship systems—and when and why they transition towards matriliny—has a long history …