Gurven, Michael

“Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies

Henrich, J., Boyd, R., Bowles, S., Camerer, C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., McElreath, R., Alvard, M., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., et al. (2005) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 1,898

Costly Punishment Across Human Societies

Henrich, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J. C., Gurven, M., Gwako, E., Henrich, N., et al. (2006) · Science

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 1,771

Longevity Among Hunter‐ Gatherers: A Cross‐Cultural Examination

Gurven, M., & Kaplan, H. (2007) · Population and Development Review

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 670

Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

Pontzer, H., Yamada, Y., Sagayama, H., Ainslie, P. N., Andersen, L. F., Anderson, L. J., Arab, L., Baddou, I., Bedu-Addo, K., Blaak, E. E., et al. (2021) · Science

Body Composition Measurement TechniquesNutrition and Health Studies

Cited by 583

To give and to give not: the behavioral ecology of human food transfers

Gurven, M. (2004) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 582

How universal is the Big Five? Testing the five-factor model of personality variation among forager–farmers in the Bolivian Amazon.

Gurven, M., von Rueden, C., Massenkoff, M., Kaplan, H., & Lero Vie, M. (2013) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyCultural Differences and Values

Cited by 415

Natural Sleep and Its Seasonal Variations in Three Pre-industrial Societies

Yetish, G., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Wood, B., Pontzer, H., Manger, P. R., Wilson, C., McGregor, R., & Siegel, J. M. (2015) · Current Biology

Sleep and related disordersCircadian rhythm and melatonin

Cited by 395

The evolutionary and ecological roots of human social organization

Kaplan, H. S., Hooper, P. L., & Gurven, M. (2009) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 353

Coronary atherosclerosis in indigenous South American Tsimane: a cross-sectional cohort study

Kaplan, H., Thompson, R. C., Trumble, B. C., Wann, L. S., Allam, A. H., Beheim, B., Frohlich, B., Sutherland, M. L., Sutherland, J. D., Stieglitz, J., et al. (2017) · The Lancet

Indigenous Health and EducationCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Cited by 338

“It's a Wonderful Life”

Gurven, M., Allen-Arave, W., Hill, K., & Hurtado, M. (2000) · Evolution and Human Behavior

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 332

Why Do Men Hunt?: A Reevaluation of “Man the Hunter” and the Sexual Division of Labor

Gurven, M., & Hill, K. (2009) · Current Anthropology

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 286

Mortality experience of Tsimane Amerindians of Bolivia: Regional variation and temporal trends

Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., & Supa, A. Z. (2007) · American Journal of Human Biology

Indigenous Health and EducationInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Cited by 229

Energetic demand of multiple dependents and the evolution of slow human growth

Gurven, M., & Walker, R. (2006) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Cited by 156

A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies

Speakman, J. R., Yamada, Y., Sagayama, H., Berman, E. S. F., Ainslie, P. N., Andersen, L. F., Anderson, L. J., Arab, L., Baddou, I., Bedu-Addo, K., et al. (2021) · Cell Reports Medicine

Body Composition Measurement TechniquesClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

Cited by 143

Physical Activity and Modernization among Bolivian Amerindians

Gurven, M., Jaeggi, A. V., Kaplan, H., & Cummings, D. (2013) · PLoS ONE

Indigenous Health and EducationPhysical Activity and Health

Cited by 129

Inflammation and Infection Do Not Promote Arterial Aging and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Lean Horticulturalists

Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., Winking, J., Eid Rodriguez, D., Vasunilashorn, S., Kim, J. K., Finch, C., & Crimmins, E. (2009) · PLoS ONE

Indigenous Health and EducationCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention

Cited by 107

From the womb to the tomb: The role of transfers in shaping the evolved human life history

Gurven, M., Stieglitz, J., Hooper, P. L., Gomes, C., & Kaplan, H. (2012) · Experimental Gerontology

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 101

Blood lipids, infection, and inflammatory markers in the Tsimane of Bolivia

Vasunilashorn, S., Crimmins, E. M., Kim, J. K., Winking, J., Gurven, M., Kaplan, H., & Finch, C. E. (2010) · American Journal of Human Biology

Indigenous Health and EducationLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 95

Why do men marry and why do they stray?

Winking, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., & Rucas, S. (2007) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 72

Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure

Speakman, J. R., de Jong, J. M. A., Sinha, S., Westerterp, K. R., Yamada, Y., Sagayama, H., Ainslie, P. N., Anderson, L. J., Arab, L., Bedu-Addo, K., et al. (2023) · Nature Metabolism

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietRegulation of Appetite and Obesity

Cited by 67

Depression as sickness behavior? A test of the host defense hypothesis in a high pathogen population

Stieglitz, J., Trumble, B. C., Thompson, M. E., Blackwell, A. D., Kaplan, H., & Gurven, M. (2015) · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Tryptophan and brain disordersStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 62

Do Markets Worsen Economic Inequalities? Kuznets in the Bush

Godoy, R. A., Gurven, M., Byron, E., Reyes-García, V., Keough, J., Vadez, V., Wilkie, D., Leonard, W. R., Apaza, L., Huanca, T., et al. (2004) · Human Ecology

Income, Poverty, and InequalityCulture, Economy, and Development Studies

Cited by 62

Health costs of reproduction are minimal despite high fertility, mortality and subsistence lifestyle

Gurven, M., Costa, M., Trumble, B., Stieglitz, J., Beheim, B., Eid Rodriguez, D., Hooper, P. L., & Kaplan, H. (2016) · Scientific Reports

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorIndigenous Health and Education

Cited by 58

Vocal fundamental and formant frequencies are honest signals of threat potential in peripubertal males

Hodges-Simeon, C. R., Gurven, M., Puts, D. A., & Gaulin, S. J. C. (2014) · Behavioral Ecology

Animal Vocal Communication and BehaviorEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 54