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
9/3 LAB DIRECTOR SIOBHAN MATTISON BEGINS A POSITION AS ROTATING PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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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)
FIND THE CHAPTER HERE
12/18 LAB MEMBERS SIOBHAN MATTISON AND ADAM REYNOLDS (WITH KATHERINE WANDER) PUBLISHED A COMMENTARY ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF HUMAN LIFE HISTORIES IN RESPONSE TO THE TARGET ARTICLE BY LUOTO ET AL. POSITING A NEW THEORY OF FEMALE NON-HETEROSEXUALITY
THE COMMENTARY IS IN ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR