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1 Spring 2007 Page 1 Presented below are the lists of readings available of précis and oral presentations and the schedule listing the earliest due date for each reference. Each student must do a précis and presentation for one of the references on the list. me a ranked list of at least four references you would be interested in doing no later than Sunday February 5. I will give the readings in the order of the receipt of s, and will arbitrarily assign a reading to anyone who has not sent me an request by the due date. PRECIS PRESENTATION DATES Week Dates Topic Student Presentation 1: Jan. 29, 31 Basic Concepts, History of Evolution in Biology 2 Feb. 5, 7 Biological Behavioral Ecology 3 Feb. 12, 14 4: Feb. 19, 21 Nineteenth Century Evolutionary Perspectives in Anthropology (Boas 1896; Darwin and Wallace 1858; Morgan 1877; Spencer 1867) 5: Feb. 26, The Historical Particularist Response and (Steward 1955a, b, c, d; White 1949) 28 Inception of Ecological Perspectives 6: Mar. 5, Culture Ecology and Multilinear Evolution (Piddocke 1965; Rappaport 1967; Sahlins 1960; Service 1960) 7 and Cultural Evolution 7: Mar. 12, Cultural Evolution, Neofunctionalism, and (Freid 1960; Harris 1984; Harris, et al. 1966; Lee 1968, 1969; 14 8: Mar. 19, 21 9: Mar. 26, 28 10: Apr. 2, 4 11: Apr. 9, 11 12: Apr. 16, 18 13: Apr. 23, 25 14: Apr. 30, May 2 15: May 7, 9 16: May 14, 16 17: May 21 Cultural Materialism Sociobiology and the Anthropological Response Sahlins 1972) (Gould 1979; Harris 1979; Sahlins 1976; Wilson 1975) NeoDarwinian Evolutionary Theory (Blurton-Jones 1986; Borgerhoff Mulder 1990; Chagnon 1987; Hawkes, et al. 1982) Man the Hunter, Food Sharing, Sexual (Isaac 1978; Lancaster and Lancaster 1983; Lovejoy 1981; Division of Labor, and Pair Bonding in Marlowe 2005; Stanford 1996; Washburn and Lancaster 1968) Hominid Evolution Food Sharing and Reproductive Success (Bird and Bird 1997; Gurven, Allen-Arave, et al. 2000; Gurven, Kim, et al. 2000; Hames 2000; Hawkes, et al. 2001a; Kaplan and Hill 1985*; Kaplan, et al. 1985*) Childcare (Bird and Bird 2005; Hawkes, et al. 1995; Hurtado, et al. 1992; Hurtado, et al. 1985) Grandmothers and Hominid Evolution (Alvarez 2000, 2004; Blurton-Jones, et al. 2002; Hawkes 2003; Hawkes, et al. 1997; O'Connell, et al. 1999) Man the Showoff (Bird, et al. 2001; Hawkes 1991; Hawkes and Bird 2002; Hawkes, et al. 2001b; Marlowe 2003; O'Connell, et al. 2002; Smith and Bird 2000) Hominid Life History (Bird and Bird 2005; Blurton Jones 2006; Gurven and Kaplan 2006; Gurven, et al. 2006; Kaplan, et al. 2000) * Both references count as 1 reading assignment PRECIS READINGS Alvarez, H. P Grandmother hypothesis and primate life histories. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 113(3): Residence Groups Among Hunter-Gatherers: A View of the Claims for Evidence for Patrilocal Bands. In Kinship and Behavior in Primates, edited by B. Chapais and C. M. Berman, pp Oxford University Press, Oxford. Bird, D. W. and R. L. B. Bird 2005 Mardu Children's hunting strategies in the Western Desert, Australia: foraging and the evolution of human life histories. In Hunter Gatherer Childhoods, edited by B. S. Hewlet and M. E. Lamb. Aldine degruyter, New York.

2 Page 2 Bird, R. B., E. A. Smith and D. W. Bird 2001 The hunting handicap: costly signaling in human foraging strategies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology V50(1):9-19. Bird, R. L. B. and D. W. Bird 1997 Delayed Reciprocity and Tolerated Theft: The Behavioral Ecology of Food-Sharing Strategies. Current Anthropology 38(1): Blurton Jones, N. G Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers and Human Life History Evolution. In The Evolution of Human Life History, edited by K. Hawkes and R. R. Paine, pp Advanced Seminar Series, J. F. Brooks, general editor. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe. Blurton-Jones, N. G Bushman Birth Spacing: A Test for Optimal Interbirth Intervals. Ethology and Sociobiology 7: Blurton-Jones, N. G., K. Hawkes and J. F. O'Connell 2002 Antiquity of post reproductive life: Are there modern impacts on hunter-gatherer post reproductive life spans? American Journal of Human Biology 14(2): Boas, F The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology. Science 103. Borgerhoff Mulder, M Kipsigis women's preferences for wealthy men: evidence for female choice in mammals? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology V27(4): Chagnon, N Life Histories, Blood Revenge, and Warfare in a Tribal Population. Science 239: Darwin, C. and A. Wallace 1858 On the Tendency for Species to Form Varieties: and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection. Freid, M. H On the Evolution of Social Stratification and the State. In Culture in History: Essays in Honor of Paul Radin. Columbia University Press, Columbia. Gould, S. J., and R.C Lewontin 1979 The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London 205( ). Gurven, M., W. Allen-Arave, K. Hill and M. Hurtado 2000 "It's a Wonderful Life": signaling generosity among the Ache of Paraguay. Evolution and Human Behavior 21(4): Gurven, M. and H. Kaplan 2006 Determinants of Time Allocation across the Lifespan: A Theoretical Model and an Application to the Machiguenga and Piro of Peru. Human Nature 17(1):1-49. Gurven, M., H. Kaplan and M. Gutierrez 2006 How long does it take to become a proficient hunter? Implications for the evolution of extended development and long life span. Journal of Human Evolution 51(5): Gurven, M., H. Kim, K. Hillard, H. Ana and L. Richard 2000 Food Transfers Among Hiwi Foragers of Venezuela: Tests of Reciprocity. Human Ecology 28(2): Hames, R Reciprocal Altruism in Yanomamo Food Exchange. In Adaptation and Human Behavior, pp Foundations of Human Behavior, S. B. Hrdy, general editor. Aldine De Gruyter, Hawthorne, New York.

3 Page 3 Harris, M Sociobiology and Biological Reductionism. In Cultural Materialism, pp Random House, New York Animal Capture and Yanomamo Warfare: Retrospect and New Evidence. Journal of Anthropological Research 40: Harris, M., N. K. Bose, M. Klass, J. P. Mencher, K. Oberg, M. K. Opler, W. Suttles and A. P. Vayda 1966 The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology 7(1): Hawkes, K Showing Off: Test of an Hypothesis about Men's Foraging Goals. Ethology and Sociobiology 12: Grandmothers and the evolution of human longevity. American Journal of Human Biology 15(3): Hawkes, K. and R. B. Bird 2002 Showing off, handicap signaling, and the evolution of men's work. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 11(2): Hawkes, K., K. Hill and J. F. O'Connell 1982 Why Hunters Gather: Optimal Foraging and the Ache of Eastern Paraguay. American Ethnologist 9(2): Hawkes, K., F. O'Connell and N. G. B. Jones 1995 Hadza Children's Foraging: Juvenile Dependency, Social Arrangements, and Mobility among Hunter-Gatherers. Current Anthropology 36(4): Hawkes, K., J. F. O'Connell and N. G. B. Jones 1997 Hadza Women's Time Allocation, Offspring Provisioning, and the Evolution of Long Postmenopausal Life Spans [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology 38(4): a Hadza Meat Sharing. Evolution and Human Behavior 22(5): b Hunting and Nuclear Families: Some Lessons from the Hadza about Men's Work. Current Anthropology 42(5): Hurtado, A. M., K. Hill, H. Kaplan and I. Hurtado 1992 Trade-offs between Female Food Acquisition and Child Care between the Hiwi and Ache Foragers. Human Nature 3: Hurtado, A. M., H. Kristen, H. Kim and K. Hillard 1985 Female subsistence strategies among Ache hunter-gatherers of Eastern Paraguay. Human Ecology V13(1):1-28. Isaac, G Food-Sharing Behavior in Human Evolution: Archaeological Evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of East Africa. Journal of Anthropological Research 34: Kaplan, H. and K. Hill 1985 Hunting Ability and Reproductive Success Among Male Ache Foragers: Preliminary Results. Current Anthropology 26(1): Kaplan, H., K. Hill, R. V. Cadelina, B. Hayden, D. C. Hyndman, R. J. Preston, E. A. Smith, D. E. Stuart and D. R. Yesner 1985 Food Sharing Among Ache Foragers: Tests of Explanatory Hypotheses [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology 26(2):

4 Page 4 Kaplan, H., K. Hill, J. Lancaster and A. M. Hurtado 2000 A Theory of Life History Evolution, Diet, Intelligence, and Longevity. Evolutionary Anthropology 9: Lancaster, J. B. and C. S. Lancaster 1983 Parental Investment: the Hominid Adaptation. In How Humans Adapt: A Biocultural Odyssey, edited by D. J. Ortner, pp. 33-6? Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. Lee, R. B What Hunters Do For a Living, or How to Make Out on Scarce Resources. In Man the Hunter, edited by R. B. Lee and I. DeVore, pp Aldine Press, Chicago. 1969!Kung Bushmen Subsistence: an Input-Output Analysis. In Ecological Essays, edited by D. Damas, pp National Museum of Canada, Ottawa. Lovejoy, C. O The Origin of Man. Science 211: Marlowe, F. W A critical period for provisioning by Hadza men: Implications for pair bonding. Evolution and Human Behavior 24(3): Hunter-gatherers and human evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 14(2): Morgan, L. H Ethnical Periods. In Ancient Society, pp Meridian Books, Cleveland and New York. O'Connell, J. F., K. Hawkes and N. G. Blurton-Jones 1999 Grandmothering and the Evolution of Homo erectus. Journal of Human Evolution 36: O'Connell, J. F., K. Hawkes and N. B. Jones 1988 Hadza Scavenging: Implications for Plio/Pleistocene Hominid Subsistence. Current Anthropology 29(2): O'Connell, J. F., K. Hawkes, K. D. Lupo and N. G. Blurton Jones 2002 Male strategies and Plio-Pleistocene archaeology. Journal of Human Evolution 43(6): Piddocke, S The Potlatch System of the Southern Kwakiutl: A New Perspective. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 21: Rappaport, R Ritual Regulation of Environmental Relations Among a New Guinea People. Ethnology 6: Sahlins, M Evolution: Specific and General. In Evolution and Culture, edited by M. Sahlins and E. Service, pp University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The Original Affluent Society. In Stone Age Economics, pp Aldine de Gruyter, Hawthorne, New York Critique of the Scientific Sociobiology. In The Use and Abuse of Biology: An Anthropological Critique of Sociobiology, pp University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Service, E The Law of Evolutionary Potential. In Evolution and Culture, edited by M. Sahlins and E. Service, pp University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Smith, E. A. and R. L. B. Bird 2000 Turtle hunting and tombstone opening: public generosity as costly signaling. Evolution and Human Behavior 21(4):

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