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The Multivariate Basis of Human Brain Evolution: The Prerequisites of Fire Control and Cooking 人类大脑进化的多元基础：控制火和烹饪的先决条件
IF 3.1 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70008
Marcelo O. Ortells, Stephon Stewart
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Revisiting “Tool” for a More Unified and Holistic Definition in Animal Behavior 重新审视“工具”在动物行为中更为统一和全面的定义
IF 3.1 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70014
Jayashree Mazumder, Parth Randhir Chauhan
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Post-pandemic Inequalities: Evolutionary Anthropological Frameworks for Long-Term Impacts of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic 大流行后的不平等：1918年流感大流行长期影响的进化人类学框架
IF 3.1 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70010
Taylor P. van Doren
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Human-Dog Symbiosis and Ecological Dynamics in the Arctic 北极人狗共生和生态动态
IF 4.6 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70009
Emma Vitale, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Matthew Walls
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Not by Selection Alone: Expanding the Scope of Gene-Culture Coevolution 不仅仅通过选择：扩大基因-文化共同进化的范围
IF 4.6 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70007
Sven M. Kasser, Kevin N. Lala, Laura Fortunato, Marcus W. Feldman
{"title":"Not by Selection Alone: Expanding the Scope of Gene-Culture Coevolution","authors":"Sven M. Kasser,&nbsp;Kevin N. Lala,&nbsp;Laura Fortunato,&nbsp;Marcus W. Feldman","doi":"10.1002/evan.70007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Gene-culture coevolution (GCC)—an ambitious synthesis of biological and social sciences is often used to explain the evolution of key human traits. Despite the framework's broad conceptual appeal however, empirical evidence is often perceived as limited to a few key examples like lactase persistence. We argue this apparent gap between theoretical appeal and empirical evidence stems from conceptual ambiguities regarding the scope of relevant gene-culture interactions. Drawing on recent work in animal gene-culture coevolution and human genomics, we propose a “broad” approach that formally incorporates drift and migration alongside natural selection. This builds upon and subsumes the existing “narrow” framework focused on selection. Through case studies of skin pigmentation evolution and gift-exchange network influences on genetic variation in Melanesia, we demonstrate how cultural factors shape both adaptive and neutral genetic variation and population structure. This integrative perspective accommodates diverse empirical findings while opening new avenues for research in human evolution.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"34 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.70007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Adaptive Responses to Adversity Drive Innovation in Human Evolutionary History 人类进化史上逆境的适应性反应驱动创新
IF 4.6 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70006
Nicole M. Herzog, Kathryn Demps
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Cultural Incentive Learning: How Culture Shapes Acquisition of Values 文化激励学习：文化如何塑造价值观的获取
IF 4.6 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70005
Francesco Rigoli, Jack Lennon
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The Placental Steroid Hypothesis of Human Brain Evolution 人类大脑进化的胎盘类固醇假说
IF 4.6 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70003
Alex Tsompanidis, Graham J. Burton, Simon Baron-Cohen, Robin I. M. Dunbar
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Correction to “Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza” 对“瞄准狩猎假说：来自哈扎证据的回顾”的更正
IF 4.6 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70004
{"title":"Correction to “Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/evan.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>O'Connell, J. F., K. Hawkes, and N. B. Jones, “Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza,” <i>Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews</i> 34 (2025): e70002, http://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70002.</p><p>In the published version of this article, the departmental affiliations of authors were incorrect.</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.70004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza 瞄准狩猎假说：对哈扎证据的回顾
IF 4.6 2区 社会学
Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI: 10.1002/evan.70002
James F. O'Connell, Kristen Hawkes, Nicholas Blurton Jones
{"title":"Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza","authors":"James F. O'Connell,&nbsp;Kristen Hawkes,&nbsp;Nicholas Blurton Jones","doi":"10.1002/evan.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <i>hunting hypothesis</i> holds that ancestral human males favored their own mates and children in sharing meat gained from big game hunting, a practice said to have led to the origin of nuclear families and related changes in life history. Data from East African Hadza hunter-gatherers operating in an environment like that prevalent when and where <i>Homo</i> evolved contradict key elements of this idea. An alternative model, the <i>grandmother hypothesis</i>, holds that senior women's foraging and food sharing led to life history changes that favored mate guarding, not paternal provisioning, in the formation of nuclear family-like social units. Relevant data and theory are reviewed and evaluated.</p>","PeriodicalId":47849,"journal":{"name":"Evolutionary Anthropology","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/evan.70002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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