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Seasonality, resource stress, and food sharing in so-called "egalitarian" foraging societies
(Elsevier, 1990-06)
Most discussions of food sharing among so-called "egalitarian" hunters and gatherers implicitly assume that, because all adult members of a group participate in the network of sharing, all must therefore be receiving ...
The evolution of non-maternal caretaking among anthropoid primates: do helpers help?
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1997-04)
Non-maternal infant care among nonhuman primates has frequently been investigated from the perspective of the caretaker. Here we examine whether allocaretaking behavior provides direct reproductive benefits to mothers. ...
Contexts and social correlates of long-distance calling by male chimpanzees
(Elsevier, 1993-04)
Abstract. Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, live in unstable social groups, whose members associate in temporary parties of varying size and composition. Male chimpanzees utter a long-distance vocalization, the pant-hoot, that ...
General Gregariousness and Specific Social Preferences among Wild Chimpanzees
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-10)
Wild chimpanzees form temporary parties that vary in size and composition. Previous studies have revealed considerable intraspecific variation in party compositions. We examined patterns of association among age, sex, and ...
The Economics of Ritual at Late Old Babylonian Kish
(Brill Academic Publishers; by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-01)
A small archive of economic documents from the city of Kish in the late Old Babylonian period records amounts of money owed to the “supervisor of kezertu women” from the kezertu account. The employment of kezertu women in ...
Relationship of serum cholesterol and truncal body fat distribution among Mexican Americans is accentuated by obesity
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1994)
The relationship of body fat distribution to serum cholesterol levels was evaluated in a sample of 3,040 Mexican Americans 18–74 years of age from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) conducted ...
Developing Complex Societies in Southeast Asia: Using Archaeological and Historical Evidence
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1998-12)
A number of archaeologists are making significant advances in the historical archaeology of Southeast Asia. The papers presented in this issue, and the one that preceded it, provide new insights and exciting directions for ...
Zuttiyeh face: A view from the east
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1993-07)
We analyze the phylogenetic position of the frontofacial fragment from Zuttiyeh, Israel. This specimen is dated to the Middle Pleistocene (the latest estimate is between 250 and 350 kyr) and is associated with the ...
Meinhard Robinow: An appreciation
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1995-10-23)
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