Demography is central to biological, behavioral, and cultural evolution. Knowledge of the
demography of prehistoric populations of both Homo sapiens and earlier members of the …

Human foragers avoid noncommunicable diseases that are leading causes of mortality,
partly because physically active lifestyles promote healthy aging. High activity levels also …

Abstract Objectives Objectives: Human biologists are increasingly interested in measuring
and comparing physical activities in different societies. Sedentary behavior, which refers to …

INTRODUCTION Relative to other great apes, humans have large brains, long life spans,
higher fertility and larger neonates, and protracted periods of childhood dependency and …

The dependence of hunter-gatherers on local net primary production (NPP) to provide food
played a major role in shaping long-term human population dynamics. Observations of …

Archaeologists have not readily applied collective action and institutional approaches to the
study of hunter-gatherers. This is especially true of the American Southeast. Here, I use a …

Inequality between the sexes is pervasive both outside and inside the home. One
contributing factor could be the dispersal of one sex at marriage that sets up sex-specific …

A key issue distinguishing prominent evolutionary models of human life history is whether
prolonged childhood evolved to facilitate learning in a skill-and strength-intensive foraging …

While it is commonly assumed that farmers have higher, and foragers lower, fertility
compared to populations practicing other forms of subsistence, robust supportive evidence …

Non-maternal carers (allomothers) are hypothesized to lighten the mother's workload,
allowing for the specialized human life history including relatively short interbirth intervals …