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  1. Using Count Regression to Investigate Millennial-Scale Vegetation and Fire Response from Multiple Sites Across the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

    Using Count Regression to Investigate Millennial-Scale Vegetation and Fire Response from Multiple Sites Across the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

    Jennifer Watt, Brian F Codding, Jordin Hartley, Carlie Murphy, Andrea Brunelle

    August 14, 2025

  2. Half as high for twice as long: male bias in the fertile-age sex ratio

    Half as high for twice as long: male bias in the fertile-age sex ratio

    Matthew C Nitschke, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S Kim

    August 05, 2025

  3. Evaluating climatic and anthropogenic drivers of fire activity over four millennia at Eilandvlei, southern Cape coast, South Africa

    Evaluating climatic and anthropogenic drivers of fire activity over four millennia at Eilandvlei, southern Cape coast, South Africa

    Stella G Mosher, Mitchell J Power, Brian M Chase, Lynne J Quick, Torsten Haberzettl, Thomas Kasper, David R Braun, J Tyler Faith

    July 11, 2025

  4. Recent DNA Studies Question a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul

    Recent DNA Studies Question a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul

    Jim Allen, James F O'Connell

    June 29, 2025

  5. Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza

    Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza

    James F O'Connell, Kristen Hawkes, Nicholas Blurton Jones

    May 06, 2025

  6. Technological and Dietary Responses to Holocene Climate Events in the Northern Great Basin

    Technological and Dietary Responses to Holocene Climate Events in the Northern Great Basin

    Nicole M Herzog, Jennifer Rovanpera, James F O’Connell

    February 18, 2025

  7. Starch Granule Evidence for Biscuitroot (Lomatium spp.) Processing at Upland Rock Art Sites in Warner Valley, Oregon

    Starch Granule Evidence for Biscuitroot (Lomatium spp.) Processing at Upland Rock Art Sites in Warner Valley, Oregon

    Stefania L. Wilks, Lisbeth A. Louderback, Heidi M. Simper and William J. Cannon

    February 11, 2025

  8. Evolution of Human Pair Bonds as a Consequence of Male-Biased Mating Sex Ratios?

    Evolution of Human Pair Bonds as a Consequence of Male-Biased Mating Sex Ratios?

    Matthew C Nitschke, Viney Kumar, Katrina E Milliner, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S Kim

    January 30, 2025

  9. Evidence for human-caused founder effect in populations of Solanum jamesii at archaeological sites: II. Genetic sequencing establishes ancient transport across the Southwest USA

    Evidence for human-caused founder effect in populations of Solanum jamesii at archaeological sites: II. Genetic sequencing establishes ancient transport across the Southwest USA

    Bruce M. Pavlik, Alfonso del Rio, John Bamberg, Lisbeth A. Louderback

    July 11, 2024

  10. Hadza Men’s Follows, 1985-1986: Data and Implications for Ideas About Ancestral Male Foraging Effort in Human Evolution

    Hadza Men’s Follows, 1985-1986: Data and Implications for Ideas About Ancestral Male Foraging Effort in Human Evolution

    James O'Connell, Kristen Hawkes, Nicholas Blurton Jones

    May 01, 2024

  11. Trade-off between market and ecosystem services drives settlement decisions among smallholder ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Trade-off between market and ecosystem services drives settlement decisions among smallholder ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Kenneth B Vernon, Brian F Codding, Simon C Brewer, Shane J Macfarlan

    April 24, 2024

  12. Starch Granule Yields from Open-Air Metates Unaffected by Environmental Contamination

    Starch Granule Yields from Open-Air Metates Unaffected by Environmental Contamination

    Stefania L. Wilks, Samantha A. Paredes and Lisbeth A. Louderback

    April 02, 2024

  13. Life history impacts on infancy and the evolution of human social cognition

    Life history impacts on infancy and the evolution of human social cognition

    Kristen Hawkes

    November 08, 2023

  14. The impacts of climate change, energy policy and traditional ecological practices on future firewood availability for Diné (Navajo) People

    The impacts of climate change, energy policy and traditional ecological practices on future firewood availability for Diné (Navajo) People

    Kate Magargal, Kurt Wilson, Shaniah Chee, Michael J Campbell, Vanessa Bailey, Philip E Dennison, William RL Anderegg, Adrienne Cachelin, Simon Brewer, Brian Frank Codding

    September 18, 2023

  15. Decision-making under climate shocks and economic insecurity: Ranching in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Decision-making under climate shocks and economic insecurity: Ranching in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico

    Shane J Macfarlan, Ryan Schacht, Weston C McCool, Connor Davis, Anahi Yerman, Francisco Javier Higuera Landeros, Maximo Amador Amador

    September 05, 2023

  16. Selection and adaptation in human migration

    Selection and adaptation in human migration

    Adrian Viliami Bell

    August 17, 2023

  17. Sex-biased parental investment and female wealth accumulation in ancient California

    Sex-biased parental investment and female wealth accumulation in ancient California

    Alexandra M Greenwald,Gregory R Burns, Jelmer W Eerkens, Eric J Bartelink, Alan Leventhal, Monica V Arellano

    July 11, 2023

  18. Identification of starch granules on ground stone tools exposed to fire

    Identification of starch granules on ground stone tools exposed to fire

    Stefania Wilks, Lisbeth A. Louderback

    March 07, 2023

  19. Morphometric Identification of Starch Granules From Archaeological Contexts: Diagnostic Characteristics of Seven Major North American Plant Families

    Morphometric Identification of Starch Granules From Archaeological Contexts: Diagnostic Characteristics of Seven Major North American Plant Families

    Lisbeth A. Louderback, Stefania Wilks, Nicole M. Herzog, Gloria Howat Brown, Kaley Joyce, Bruce M. Pavlik

    August 18, 2022

  20. Somatic maintenance/reproduction tradeoffs and human evolution

    Somatic maintenance/reproduction tradeoffs and human evolution

    Kristen Hawkes

    July 25, 2022

  21. Male mating choices: The drive behind menopause?

    Male mating choices: The drive behind menopause?

    Anthia Le, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S Kim

    May 04, 2022

  22. Investigating foundations for hominin fire exploitation: Savanna-dwelling chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in fire-altered landscapes

    Investigating foundations for hominin fire exploitation: Savanna-dwelling chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in fire-altered landscapes

    Nicole M Herzog, Jill D Pruetz, Kristen Hawkes

    April 21, 2022

  23. A multi-scalar reassessment of dietary isotopic variability in bioarchaeology: Differentiating secular and inter-individual variation

    A multi-scalar reassessment of dietary isotopic variability in bioarchaeology: Differentiating secular and inter-individual variation

    Alexandra M Greenwald, Gregory R Burns, Jelmer W Eerkens, Eric J Bartelink

    March 22, 2022

  24. Identifying water availability with maize phytoliths in Range Creek Canyon, Utah

    Identifying water availability with maize phytoliths in Range Creek Canyon, Utah

    Brendan J Ermish, Shannon A Boomgarden

    December 20, 2021

  25. Climate-Driven Dietary Change on the Colorado Plateau, USA, and Implications for Gender-Specific Foraging Patterns

    Climate-Driven Dietary Change on the Colorado Plateau, USA, and Implications for Gender-Specific Foraging Patterns

    Lisbeth A. Louderback

    December 09, 2021

  26. The cost of cooking for foragers

    The cost of cooking for foragers

    Kate Magargal

    November 19, 2021

  27. Direct Evidence for Geophyte Exploitation in the Wyoming Basin

    Direct Evidence for Geophyte Exploitation in the Wyoming Basin

    Lisbeth A. Louderback

    November 02, 2021

  28. Mate guarding in primates arises due to partner scarcity, even if the father provides no paternal care at all

    Mate guarding in primates arises due to partner scarcity, even if the father provides no paternal care at all

    Sara L Loo, Danya Rose, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S Kim

    October 12, 2021

  29. Historic and bioarchaeological evidence supports late onset of post-Columbian epidemics in Native California

    Historic and bioarchaeological evidence supports late onset of post-Columbian epidemics in Native California

    Terry L Jones, Al W Schwitalla, Marin A Pilloud, John R Johnson, Richard R Paine, Brian F Codding

    July 06, 2021

  30. Ethnic Markers and How to Find Them

    Ethnic Markers and How to Find Them

    Adrian Viliami Bell, Alina Paegle

    June 09, 2021

  31. Socioecological Dynamics Structuring the Spread of Farming in the North American Basin-Plateau Region

    Socioecological Dynamics Structuring the Spread of Farming in the North American Basin-Plateau Region

    Brian F Codding, Joan Brenner Coltrain, Lisbeth Louderback, Kenneth Blake Vernon, Kate E Magargal, Peter M Yaworsky, Erick Robinson, Simon C Brewer, Jerry D Spangler

    May 23, 2021

  32. Plant species richness at archaeological sites suggests ecological legacy of Indigenous subsistence on the Colorado Plateau

    Plant species richness at archaeological sites suggests ecological legacy of Indigenous subsistence on the Colorado Plateau

    Bruce M. Pavlik, Lisbeth A. Louderback, Kenneth B. Vernon, Peter M. Yaworsky, Cynthia Wilson, Arnold Clifford, and Brian F. Codding

    May 17, 2021

  33. Legacies of Indigenous land use shaped past wildfire regimes in the Basin-Plateau Region, USA

    Legacies of Indigenous land use shaped past wildfire regimes in the Basin-Plateau Region, USA

    Vachel A Carter, Andrea Brunelle, Mitchell J Power, R Justin DeRose, Matthew F Bekker, Isaac Hart, Simon Brewer, Jerry Spangler, Erick Robinson, Mark Abbott, S Yoshi Maezumi, Brian F Codding

    April 14, 2021

  34. Starch Granule Size and Morphology as a Proxy for Water Regime Influence on Zea mays

    Starch Granule Size and Morphology as a Proxy for Water Regime Influence on Zea mays

    Stefania Wilks, Lisbeth A. Louderback and Shannon Boomgarden

    March 15, 2021

  35. Evidence for a winter-snowpack derived water source for the Fremont maize farmers of Range Creek Canyon, Utah, USA

    Evidence for a winter-snowpack derived water source for the Fremont maize farmers of Range Creek Canyon, Utah, USA

    Isaac Alfred Hart, Joan Brenner-Coltrain, Shannon Boomgarden, Andrea Brunelle, Larry Coats, Duncan Metcalfe, Michael Lewis

    March 04, 2021

  36. Holocene subalpine forest-parkland dynamics in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA

    Holocene subalpine forest-parkland dynamics in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA

    David Rhode, Lisbeth A Louderback, and Sandy O Brugger

    November 20, 2020

  37. Identification of starch granules from oak and grass species in the central coast of California

    Identification of starch granules from oak and grass species in the central coast of California

    Gloria Howat Brown, Lisbeth A. Louderback

    September 29, 2020

  38. Why Males Compete Rather Than Care, with an Application to Supplying Collective Goods

    Why Males Compete Rather Than Care, with an Application to Supplying Collective Goods

    Sara L Loo, Danya Rose, Michael Weight, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S Kim

    September 16, 2020

  39. It Takes Two to Tango: Including a Female Perspective in Reproductive Biology

    It Takes Two to Tango: Including a Female Perspective in Reproductive Biology

    Kristen Hawkes et al.

    July 23, 2020

  40. Agent-Based Modeling, Scientific Reproducibility, and Taphonomy: A Successful Model Implementation Case Study

    Agent-Based Modeling, Scientific Reproducibility, and Taphonomy: A Successful Model Implementation Case Study

    Molly Carney, Benjamin Davies

    July 01, 2020

  41. The life history of human foraging: Cross-cultural and individual variation

    The life history of human foraging: Cross-cultural and individual variation

    Brian Codding, Karen Kramer, et al.

    June 24, 2020

  42. Cognitive consequences of our grandmothering life history: cultural learning begins in infancy

    Cognitive consequences of our grandmothering life history: cultural learning begins in infancy

    Kristen Hawkes

    June 01, 2020

  43. Beyond Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) Psychology: Measuring and Mapping Scales of Cultural and Psychological Distance

    Beyond Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) Psychology: Measuring and Mapping Scales of Cultural and Psychological Distance

    Michael Muthukrishna, Adrian V Bell, Joseph Henrich, Cameron M Curtin, Alexander Gedranovich, Jason McInerney, Braden Thue

    May 21, 2020

  44. A measure of social coordination and group signaling in the wild

    A measure of social coordination and group signaling in the wild

    Nicole S Torosin, Joshua Ward, Adrian V Bell, Leslie A Knapp

    May 14, 2020

  45. The Centrality of Ancestral Grandmothering in Human Evolution

    The Centrality of Ancestral Grandmothering in Human Evolution

    Kristen Hawkes

    May 09, 2020

  46. Genetic similarity and facial cues for kin recognition in humans

    Genetic similarity and facial cues for kin recognition in humans

    Nicole S Torosin, Joshua Ward, Adrian V Bell, Leslie A Knapp

    April 07, 2020

  47. Preliminary archaeological survey and remote-sensing of shell mounds at Kwokkunum, Albatross Bay, Cape York Peninsula, Australia

    Preliminary archaeological survey and remote-sensing of shell mounds at Kwokkunum, Albatross Bay, Cape York Peninsula, Australia

    Joshua Emmitt, Kasey Allely, Benjamin Davies, Eloise Hoffman, Simon J Holdaway

    March 23, 2020

  48. Holocene vegetation and climate change on the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah, USA

    Holocene vegetation and climate change on the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah, USA

    Lisbeth A. Louderback, Christopher A. Kiahtipes and Joel C. Janetski

    January 30, 2020

  49. Surface Stone Artifact Scatters, Settlement Patterns, and New Methods for Stone Artifact Analysis

    Surface Stone Artifact Scatters, Settlement Patterns, and New Methods for Stone Artifact Analysis

    Simon J Holdaway, Benjamin Davies

    June 17, 2019

  50. Outreach in Archaeology with Agent-Based Modeling: Part 3 of 3

    Outreach in Archaeology with Agent-Based Modeling: Part 3 of 3

    Stefani A Crabtree, Kathryn Harris, Benjamin Davies, Iza Romanowska

    May 22, 2019

  51. Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeologists: Part 1 of 3

    Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeologists: Part 1 of 3

    Iza Romanowska, Stefani A Crabtree, Kathryn Harris, Benjamin Davies

    May 22, 2019

  52. Combining Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models in Archaeology: Part 2 of 3

    Combining Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models in Archaeology: Part 2 of 3

    Benjamin Davies, Iza Romanowska, Kathryn Harris, Stefani A Crabtree

    May 22, 2019

  53. An Optimal Irrigation Model: Theory, Experimental Results, and Implications for Future Research

    An Optimal Irrigation Model: Theory, Experimental Results, and Implications for Future Research

    Shannon A Boomgarden, Duncan Metcalfe, Ellyse T Simons

    April 29, 2019

  54. Adult sex ratio as an index for male strategy in primates

    Adult sex ratio as an index for male strategy in primates

    Danya Rose, Kristen Hawkes, Peter S Kim

    February 13, 2019

  55. Why does women's fertility end in mid-life? Grandmothering and age at last birth

    Why does women's fertility end in mid-life? Grandmothering and age at last birth

    Peter S Kim, John S McQueen, Kristen Hawkes

    January 14, 2019

  56. Integrating Modern Vegetation and Ethnographic Data to Understand Dietary Choices in the Past: the Case of the Southern Paiute, Utah

    Integrating Modern Vegetation and Ethnographic Data to Understand Dietary Choices in the Past: the Case of the Southern Paiute, Utah

    Lisbeth A. Louderback and Bruce M. Pavlik

    November 21, 2018

  57. Light Stable Isotopes of Ostrich Eggshells Provide Site-Specific Paleoenvironmental Records during the Middle-To Stone Age Transition in Eastern Africa

    Light Stable Isotopes of Ostrich Eggshells Provide Site-Specific Paleoenvironmental Records during the Middle-To Stone Age Transition in Eastern Africa

    Elizabeth Niespolo, Warren D Sharp, Christian A Tryon, J Tyler Faith, Jason Lewis, Kathryn L Ranhorn, Stefania Mambelli, Melanie J Miller, Todd E Dawson

    November 06, 2018

  58. Optimal Foraging Theory

    Optimal Foraging Theory

    Christopher H Parker, Kristen Hawkes

    September 05, 2018

  59. Mammalian brain development and our grandmothering life history

    Mammalian brain development and our grandmothering life history

    Kristen Hawkes, Barbara L Finlay

    September 01, 2018

  60. Observations on graphing paleozoological data: Suggestions for better graphs

    Observations on graphing paleozoological data: Suggestions for better graphs

    R Lee Lyman, J Tyler Faith

    August 10, 2018

  61. Effects of cultivation on tuber and starch granule morphometrics of Solanum jamesii and implications for interpretation of the archaeological record

    Effects of cultivation on tuber and starch granule morphometrics of Solanum jamesii and implications for interpretation of the archaeological record

    Nicole M. Herzog, Lisbeth A. Louderback, Bruce M. Pavlik

    August 10, 2018

  62. When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?

    When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?

    James F O’Connell, Jim Allen, Martin AJ Williams, Alan N Williams, Chris SM Turney, Nigel A Spooner, Johan Kamminga, Graham Brown, Alan Cooper

    August 06, 2018

  63. Environmental dynamics during the onset of the Middle Stone Age in eastern Africa

    Environmental dynamics during the onset of the Middle Stone Age in eastern Africa

    Thomas Sutikna, Matthew W Tocheri, J Tyler Faith, Rokus Due Awe, Hanneke JM Meijer, E Wahyu Saptomo, Richard G Roberts

    March 15, 2018

  64. The only way for minority cultural survival

    The only way for minority cultural survival

    Adrian Viliami Bell

    February 26, 2018

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