EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN FAMILY
WE STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN FAMILY, IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY, FROM FEMALE-CENTERED TO MALE-CENTERED, AND FROM SMALL TO LARGE. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS GIVE RISE TO DIFFERENT FAMILY SYSTEMS AND HOW FAMILY SYSTEMS HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME.
FAMILY DIVERSITY
HUMAN LIFE HISTORIES
EVOLUTIONARY DEMOGRAPHY
WE STUDY HOW EVOLUTION SHAPES EVERY STAGE OF THE HUMAN LIFE HISTORY, FROM CONCEPTION TO DEATH. EVOLUTIONARY INSIGHTS PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DIVERSITY IN DEMOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING FERTILITY, MARRIAGE, SEX RATIOS, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND MIGRATION.
RECENT NEWS
11/16 HFED LAB GRADUATE STUDENT ADAM REYNOLDS AND CO-AUTHORS PUBLISH ARTICLE IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES THAT SHOWS A REVERSAL OF THE GENDER-HEALTH DISPARITY UNDER MATRILINY
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4/1 LAB DIRECTOR SIOBHAN MATTISON CO-AUTHORED ARTICLE POSITING THAT HIGH ALTITUDE ADAPTATIONS MITIGATE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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2/10 LAB DIRECTOR SIOBHAN MATTISON (WITH MARY SHENK) PUBLISHED THEIR CHAPTER, "ECOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONARY DEMOGRAPHY" IN THE FORTHCOMING HUMAN EVOLUTIONARY DEMOGRAPHY TEXT (EDS SEAR, BURGAR, LEE)
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