Titlebook: Applied Evolutionary Anthropology; Darwinian Approaches Mhairi A. Gibson,David W. Lawson Book 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York

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Applying Evolutionary Anthropology to a Changing World,ealth and global contact. ‘Applied evolutionary anthropology’ (AEA) can provide new insights into the causes and the consequences of such human behavioural shifts by studying populations at the cusp of these transitions. It also holds great, largely untapped, potential to guide the design, implement

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Rationality and the Green Revolutionfarmers’ behavior. One emerging candidate for a “Rationality 2.0” assumes cultural inheritance, cultural group selection, strong reciprocity, and bounded rationality. Farmers make decisions that balance individual benefits with family and community well-being. While the new Alliance for a Green Revo

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Family Structure and Health in the Developing World: What Can Evolutionary Anthropology Contribute t. Here, focusing on studies primarily conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, we review the literature on three interrelated dimensions of family structure and their relationship to health: (1) family size, (2) polygynous versus monogamous marriage, and (3) the role of extended kin. Using these examples, w

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The Evolutionary Demography of Sex Ratios in Rural Bangladeshge, and higher women’s education are associated with less male-biased sex ratios. We also examine how Bangladesh fits into the larger cultural area of South Asia known in the press and policy circles for its high sex ratios. We compare the correlates of sex ratio in Matlab to those in other parts of

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Evolutionary Anthropology, Co-operation and Warfare how evolutionary anthropology can provide a more nuanced explanation for human competition and co-operation. These provide more accurate guidelines for practical application in forestalling civil disorder or restoring peace.

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Understanding and Addressing Cultural Variation in Costly Antisocial Punishmentindividuals who conduct it. We hypothesise that costly punishment is a mechanism for regulating investment between different levels of society, for example, whether an individual’s current focus should be on their nation, village, family or self. We suggest that people are less likely to antisociall

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