Cited by 216Family Dynamics and RelationshipsEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorIndigenous Cultures and Socio-Education

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 85 of the 88 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Demography and Childcare in Preindustrial Societies

Hewlett, Barry S.·1991·Journal of Anthropological Research

DOI 10.1086/jar.47.1.3630579

Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

This article considers the relationships between selected demographic structures (total fertility, infant and child mortality, sex-age distribution, divorce rate, causes of death) and childcare patterns among hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists, and pastoralists. Demographic data from fifty-seven preindustrial societies indicate that the demographic structure of a population can be useful for understanding intercultural variability in caregiving practices identified in "traditional" characterizations of childcare in these populations (e.g., indulgent care, multiple caregivers, multiage play groups). Analysis of demographic structures also identifies two "emergent" features of childcare in preindustrial populations that are infrequently mentioned in socialization studies of these populations: stepparent-stepchild relations and differential investment in sons and daughters.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1086/jar.47.1.3630579

Cites

85 of 85 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

The genetical theory of natural selection
Fisher, R. A. (1930) · doi:10.5962/bhl.title.27468 · Cited by 17,617
IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0–50,000 years cal BP
Reimer, P. J., Bard, E., Bayliss, A., Beck, J. W., Blackwell, P. G., Ramsey, C. B., Buck, C. E., Cheng, H., Edwards, R. L., Friedrich, M., et al. (2013) · Radiocarbon · doi:10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16947 · Cited by 14,591
Willow Smoke and Dogs’ Tails: Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Systems and Archaeological Site Formation
Binford, L. R. (1980) · American Antiquity · doi:10.2307/279653 · Cited by 2,653
The human skeleton in forensic medicine
J.A.S. (1963) · American Journal of Orthodontics · doi:10.1016/0002-9416(63)90175-1 · Cited by 1,646
Ectocranial suture closure: A revised method for the determination of skeletal age at death based on the lateral‐anterior sutures
Meindl, R. S., & Lovejoy, C. O. (1985) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330680106 · Cited by 1,582
Developmental juvenile osteology.
Hall, C. M. (2001) · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume · doi:10.1302/0301-620x.83b3.0830464b · Cited by 1,429
The !Kung San: Men, Women and Work in a Foraging Society.
Ingold, T., & Lee, R. B. (1981) · Man · doi:10.2307/2801993 · Cited by 1,401
Estimation of stature from long bones of American Whites and Negroes
Trotter, M., & Gleser, G. C. (1952) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330100407 · Cited by 1,182
Standard cross-cultural sample
Murdock, G. P., & White, D. R. (1969) · Ethnology · doi:10.2307/3772907 · Cited by 1,149
History of Human Life Span and Mortality
Ho., J., Acsadi, G., & Nemeskéri, J. (1971) · Population · doi:10.2307/1529880 · Cited by 1,094

Show all 88 references

Sorted by citations

Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival
Sear, R., & Mace, R. H. (2007) · Evolution and Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.10.001 · Cited by 1,054
Longevity Among Hunter‐ Gatherers: A Cross‐Cultural Examination
Gurven, M., & Kaplan, H. (2007) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00171.x · Cited by 670
Primate socio-ecology: The end of a golden age
Janson, C. H. (2000) · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-6505(2000)9:2 · Cited by 176
Grandparental investment: Past, present, and future
Coall, D. A., & Hertwig, R. (2010) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x09991105 · Cited by 579
Mate Preferences and Their Behavioral Manifestations
Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (2019) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-103408 · Cited by 503
The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers: The Foraging Spectrum
Kelly, R. L. (2013) · Cited by 475
Cooperative Breeding and its Significance to the Demographic Success of Humans
Kramer, K. L. (2010) · Annual Review of Anthropology · doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.012809.105054 · Cited by 438
Children's help and the pace of reproduction: cooperative breeding in humans
Kramer, K. L. (2005) · Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.20082 · Cited by 307
Cooperative breeding in South American hunter–gatherers
Hill, K., & Hurtado, A. M. (2009) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1061 · Cited by 290
Why Do Men Hunt?: A Reevaluation of “Man the Hunter” and the Sexual Division of Labor
Gurven, M., & Hill, K. (2009) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/595620 · Cited by 286
The human sex ratio from conception to birth
Orzack, S. H., Stubblefield, J. W., Akmaev, V. R., Colls, P., Munné, S., Scholl, T., Steinsaltz, D., & Zuckerman, J. (2015) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1416546112 · Cited by 298
Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers I
Anderson, K. G., Kaplan, H. S., & Lancaster, J. B. (1999) · Evolution and Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/s1090-5138(99)00023-9 · Cited by 252
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION
Voland, E. (1998) · Annual Review of Anthropology · doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.27.1.347 · Cited by 251
Individual Differences
Caprara, G. V., & Cervone, D. (2000) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511812767.006 · Cited by 244
Infant and child death in the human environment of evolutionary adaptation
Volk, A. A., & Atkinson, J. (2013) · Evolution and Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.11.007 · Cited by 238
Evolutionary Health Promotion
Eaton, S. B., Strassmann, B. I., Nesse, R. M., Neel, J. V., Ewald, P. W., Williams, G. C., Weder, A. B., Eaton, S. B., Lindeberg, S., Konner, M. J., et al. (2002) · Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1006/pmed.2001.0876 · Cited by 227
Evolution of Infant and Young Child Feeding: Implications for Contemporary Public Health
Sellen, D. (2007) · Annual Review of Nutrition · doi:10.1146/annurev.nutr.25.050304.092557 · Cited by 234
Physical Attractiveness: An Adaptationist Perspective
Sugiyama, L. S. (2015) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781119125563.evpsych112 · Cited by 224
The biology of the colonizing ape
Wells, J. C. K., & Stock, J. T. (2007) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.20735 · Cited by 201
Demography in archaeology
(2007) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.44-4534 · Cited by 188
Relationship between subsistence and age at weaning in “preindustrial” societies
Sellen, D. W., & Smay, D. B. (2001) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-001-1013-y · Cited by 182
Favorable ecological circumstances promote life expectancy in chimpanzees similar to that of human hunter-gatherers
Wood, B. M., Watts, D. P., Mitani, J. C., & Langergraber, K. E. (2017) · Journal of Human Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.01.003 · Cited by 179
Cooperative Reproduction in Ituri Forest Hunter‐Gatherers: Who Cares for Efe Infants?
Ivey, P. K. (2000) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/317414 · Cited by 178
Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers II
Anderson, K. G., Kaplan, H. S., Lam, D., & Lancaster, J. B. (1999) · Evolution and Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/s1090-5138(99)00022-7 · Cited by 178
Fertility and Agriculture Accentuate Sex Differences in Dental Caries Rates
Lukacs, J. R. (2008) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/592111 · Cited by 176
Brothers and sisters
Mulder, M. B. (1998) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-998-1001-6 · Cited by 171
Testing the Hypothesis of a Worldwide Neolithic Demographic Transition
Bocquet‐Appel, J., & Naji, S. (2006) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/498948 · Cited by 170
Culture and Development
Stetsenko, A., & Sawyer, J. (2016) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009445696.003 · Cited by 145
Male Contribution to Diet and Female Reproductive Success among Foragers
Marlowe, F. W. (2001) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/323820 · Cited by 143
Early Paleoindian Women, Children, Mobility, and Fertility
Surovell, T. A. (2000) · American Antiquity · doi:10.2307/2694532 · Cited by 144
GENE‐BASED EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES IN CRIMINOLOGY *
Ellis, L., & Walsh, A. (1997) · Criminology · doi:10.1111/j.1745-9125.1997.tb00876.x · Cited by 142
Humanity from African Naissance to Coming Millennia Colloquia in Human Biology and Palaeoanthropology
Tobias, P. V., Raath, M. A., Moggi‐Cecchi, J., & Doyle, G. A. (2001) · CNR SOLAR (Scientific Open-access Literature Archive and Repository) (University of Southampton) · Cited by 140
Who teaches children to forage? Exploring the primacy of child-to-child teaching among Hadza and BaYaka Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania and Congo
Lew‐Levy, S., Kissler, S. M., Boyette, A. H., Crittenden, A. N., Mabulla, I. A., & Hewlett, B. S. (2019) · Evolution and Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.07.003 · Cited by 147
Self-citation
A Bioeconomic Approach to Marriage and the Sexual Division of Labor
Gurven, M., Winking, J., Kaplan, H. S., Rueden, C. R. V., & McAllister, L. S. (2009) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-009-9062-8 · Cited by 133
Pastoralism and Wealth Inequality
Mulder, M. B., Fazzio, I., Irons, W., McElreath, R. L., Bowles, S., Bell, A., Hertz, T., & Hazzah, L. (2010) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/648561 · Cited by 132
Physical Activity and Modernization among Bolivian Amerindians
Gurven, M., Jaeggi, A. V., Kaplan, H., & Cummings, D. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055679 · Cited by 129
Cultural Variation in the Use of Overimitation by the Aka and Ngandu of the Congo Basin
Berl, R. E. W., & Hewlett, B. S. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120180 · Cited by 126
Self-citation
Culture and early infancy among central African foragers and farmers.
Hewlett, B. S., Lamb, M. E., Shannon, D., Leyendecker, B., & Schölmerich, A. (1998) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037//0012-1649.34.4.653 · Cited by 126
Self-citation
The effects of residential locality on parental and alloparental investment among the Aka foragers of the central African Republic
Meehan, C. L. (2005) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-005-1007-2 · Cited by 121
Parent‐Offspring Weaning Conflicts among the Bofi Farmers and Foragers of Central Africa
Fouts, H. N., Hewlett, B. S., & Lamb, M. E. (2005) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/425659 · Cited by 110
Self-citation
Evolution, Development, and the Emergence of Disgust
Rottman, J. (2014) · Evolutionary Psychology · doi:10.1177/147470491401200209 · Cited by 108
Sexual Regret: Evidence for Evolved Sex Differences
Galperin, A., Haselton, M. G., Frederick, D. A., Poore, J., von Hippel, W., Buss, D. M., & Gonzaga, G. C. (2013) · Archives of Sexual Behavior · doi:10.1007/s10508-012-0019-3 · Cited by 101
Why Intensive Agriculturalists Have Higher Fertility: A Household Energy Budget Approach
Kramer, K. L., & Boone, J. L. (2002) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/340239 · Cited by 97
Subsistence strategies and early human population history: An evolutionary ecological perspective
Boone, J. L. (2002) · World Archaeology · doi:10.1080/00438240220134232 · Cited by 94
Bodyscapes, Biology, and Heteronormativity
Geller, P. L. (2009) · American Anthropologist · doi:10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01159.x · Cited by 93
Evolutionary Models of Leadership
Garfield, Z. H., Hubbard, R. L., & Hagen, E. H. (2019) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-019-09338-4 · Cited by 103
Is child death the crucible of human evolution?
Volk, T., & Atkinson, J. (2008) · Journal of Social Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0099341 · Cited by 91
Developmental energetics, sibling death, and parental instability as predictors of maturational tempo and life history scheduling in males from C ebu, P hilippines
Gettler, L. T., McDade, T. W., Bragg, J. M., Feranil, A. B., & Kuzawa, C. W. (2015) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.22783 · Cited by 85
Parental precaution: Neurobiological means and adaptive ends
Hahn‐Holbrook, J., Holbrook, C., & Haselton, M. G. (2010) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.09.015 · Cited by 74
Gender and Risk in a Matrifocal Caribbean Community: A View from Behavioral Ecology
Quinlan, R. J. (2006) · American Anthropologist · doi:10.1525/aa.2006.108.3.464 · Cited by 73
Are per-incident rape-pregnancy rates higher than per-incident consensual pregnancy rates?
Gottschall, J., & Gottschall, T. A. (2003) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-003-1014-0 · Cited by 73
Gender-Typed and Gender-Segregated Play Among Tanzanian Hadza and Congolese BaYaka Hunter-Gatherer Children and Adolescents
Lew‐Levy, S., Boyette, A. H., Crittenden, A. N., Hewlett, B. S., & Lamb, M. E. (2019) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/cdev.13306 · Cited by 72
Self-citation
Allomaternal Nursing in Humans
Hewlett, B. S., & Winn, S. (2014) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/675657 · Cited by 69
Self-citation
Living on the edge: Was demographic weakness the cause of Neanderthal demise?
Degioanni, A., Bonenfant, C., Cabut, S., & Condémi, S. (2019) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216742 · Cited by 72
What Do We Know about the Agricultural Demographic Transition?
Gage, T. B., & DeWitte, S. N. (2009) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/605017 · Cited by 64
The Origins of Southwestern Ceramic Containers: Women's Time Allocation and Economic Intensification
Crown, P. L., & Wills, W. H. (1995) · Journal of Anthropological Research · doi:10.1086/jar.51.2.3630253 · Cited by 63
What is the expected human childhood? Insights from evolutionary anthropology
Frankenhuis, W. E., & Amir, D. (2021) · Development and Psychopathology · doi:10.1017/s0954579421001401 · Cited by 75
Who feeds children? A child's-eye-view of caregiver feeding patterns among the Aka foragers in Congo
Fouts, H. N., & Brookshire, R. A. (2009) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.016 · Cited by 62
Learning to Spear Hunt Among Ethiopian Chabu Adolescent Hunter-Gatherers
Dira, S. J., & Hewlett, B. S. (2016) · Replacement of neanderthals by modern humans series · doi:10.1007/978-4-431-55997-9_6 · Cited by 61
Self-citation
Isotopic evidence of weaning in hunter‐gatherers from the late holocene in L ake S alitroso, P atagonia, A rgentina
Tessone, A., Guráieb, S. G., Goñi, R. A., & Panarello, H. O. (2015) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.22768 · Cited by 61
Children are important too: juvenile playgroups and maternal childcare in a foraging population, the Agta
Page, A. E., Emmott, E. H., Dyble, M., Major‐Smith, D., Chaudhary, N., Viguier, S., & Migliano, A. B. (2021) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2020.0026 · Cited by 59
The life histories of American stepfathers in evolutionary perspective
Anderson, K. G. (2000) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-000-1006-2 · Cited by 59
Early sexual maturity among Pumé foragers of Venezuela: Fitness implications of teen motherhood
Kramer, K. L. (2008) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.20817 · Cited by 59
Developmental plasticity of human reproductive development: Effects of early family environment in modern-day France
Alvergne, A., Faurie, C., & Michel Raymond, A. (2008) · Physiology & Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.09.005 · Cited by 58
Reconstructing prehistoric demography: What role for extant hunter‐gatherers?
Page, A. E., & French, J. C. (2020) · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.21869 · Cited by 61
Gender and birth order as determinants of parental behaviour
Keller, H., & Zach, U. (2002) · International Journal of Behavioral Development · doi:10.1080/01650250042000663 · Cited by 56
Cognitive consequences of our grandmothering life history: cultural learning begins in infancy
Hawkes, K. (2020) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0501 · Cited by 54
Subsistence, Sex, and Cultural Transmission in Folsom Culture
MacDonald, D. H. (1998) · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · doi:10.1006/jaar.1998.0325 · Cited by 51
Genomic imprinting and the evolutionary psychology of human kinship
Haig, D. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1100295108 · Cited by 51
Fathers' Infant-Directed Speech in a Small-Scale Society
Broesch, T., & Bryant, G. A. (2017) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/cdev.12768 · Cited by 51
Explicit and implicit caregiving interests in expectant fathers: Do endogenous and exogenous oxytocin and vasopressin matter?
Cohen-Bendahan, C. C. C., Beijers, R., van Doornen, L. J. P., & de Weerth, C. (2015) · Infant Behavior and Development · doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.06.007 · Cited by 50
Local Resource Enhancement and Sex‐biased Breastfeeding in a Caribbean Community
Quinlan, R. J., Quinlan, M. B., & Flinn, M. V. (2005) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/430017 · Cited by 50
Evolution of Human Lactation and Complementary Feeding: Implications for Understanding Contemporary Cross-cultural Variation
Sellen, D. (2008) · Advances in experimental medicine and biology · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3_18 · Cited by 48
Stepparental Behavior as Mating Effort in Birds and Other Animals
Rohwer, S. A. (1999) · Evolution and Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/s1090-5138(99)00027-6 · Cited by 45
Social Networks and Knowledge Transmission Strategies among Baka Children, Southeastern Cameroon
Gallois, S., Lubbers, M., Hewlett, B., & Reyes-García, V. (2018) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-018-9328-0 · Cited by 29
Self-citation
Costly teaching contributes to the acquisition of spear hunting skill among BaYaka forager adolescents
Lew‐Levy, S., Bombjaková, D., Milks, A. G., Ntamboudila, F. K., Kline, M. A., & Broesch, T. (2022) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.0164 · Cited by 42
Reproduction expediting: Sexual motivations, fantasies, and the ticking biological clock
Easton, J. A., Confer, J. C., Goetz, C. D., & Buss, D. M. (2010) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.018 · Cited by 44
Girls in early childhood increase food returns of nursing women during subsistence activities of the BaYaka in the Republic of Congo
Jang, H., Janmaat, K. R. L., Kandza, V. H., & Boyette, A. H. (2022) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1407 · Cited by 39
An approach to the prevention of anxiety-related disorders based on evolutionary medicine
Grinde, B. (2004) · Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.08.001 · Cited by 37
Cooperative Breeding and the Paradox of Facultative Fathering
Hrdy, S. B. (2008) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-012374285-8.00026-3 · Cited by 37
Breastfeeding Beyond 12 Months: Is There Evidence for Health Impacts?
Lackey, K. A., Fehrenkamp, B. D., Pace, R. M., Williams, J. E., Meehan, C. L., McGuire, M. A., & McGuire, M. K. (2021) · Annual Review of Nutrition · doi:10.1146/annurev-nutr-043020-011242 · Cited by 38
Social Learning and Innovation in Hunter-Gatherers
Hewlett, B. S. (2016) · Replacement of neanderthals by modern humans series · doi:10.1007/978-4-431-55997-9_1 · Cited by 38
Self-citation
Early supplementary feeding among central African foragers and farmers: A biocultural approach
Meehan, C. L., & Roulette, J. W. (2013) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.029 · Cited by 33
In which environments is impulsive behavior adaptive? A cross-discipline review and integration of formal models.
Fenneman, J., Frankenhuis, W. E., & Todd, P. M. (2022) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/bul0000375 · Cited by 34
Subsistence economics, family size, and the emergence of social complexity in hunter–gatherer systems in eastern North America
White, A. A. (2013) · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2012.12.003 · Cited by 32
Raising Children: Surprising Insights from Other Cultures
Lancy, D. F. (2017) · Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) · doi:10.1017/9781108227629 · Cited by 31
Greco-Roman Sex Ratios and Femicide in Comparative PerspectivePreprint
Scheidel, W. (2009) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1505793 · Cited by 31
An Evolutionary Perspective on the Importance of Community Relations for Quality of Life
Grinde, B. (2009) · The Scientific World JOURNAL · doi:10.1100/tsw.2009.73 · Cited by 28
Trauma, Adaptation, and Resilience: A Cross-Cultural and Evolutionary Perspective
Konner, M. J. (2007) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511500008.021 · Cited by 30
Hunter-Gatherer Storage, Settlement, and the Opportunity Costs of Women’s Foraging
Whelan, C. S., Whitaker, A. R., Rosenthal, J. S., & Wohlgemuth, E. (2013) · American Antiquity · doi:10.7183/0002-7316.78.4.662 · Cited by 29
Demographic contexts and the adaptive role of mother-infant attachment
Wiley, A. S., & Carlin, L. E. (1999) · Human Nature · doi:10.1007/s12110-999-1012-y · Cited by 29
Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
Simões, L. G., Peyroteo-Stjerna, R., Marchand, G., Bernhardsson, C., Vialet, A., Chetty, D., Alaçamlı, E., Edlund, H., Bouquin, D., Dina, C., et al. (2024) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2310545121 · Cited by 33
Speech acts addressed to Hadza infants in Tanzania: Cross-cultural comparison, speaker age, and camp livelihood
Abels, M., Kilale, A. M., & Vogt, P. (2020) · First Language · doi:10.1177/0142723720972000 · Cited by 28
Leadership and prestige, mothering, sexual selection, and encephalization: The computational services modelPreprint
Hagen, E. H., & Garfield, Z. H. (2019) · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · doi:10.31219/osf.io/9bcdk · Cited by 28
Biological constraints and socioecological influences on women's pursuit of risk and the sexual division of labour
Starkweather, K. E., Shenk, M. K., & McElreath, R. L. (2020) · Evolutionary Human Sciences · doi:10.1017/ehs.2020.60 · Cited by 27
The Uses of Cross-Cultural Comparison in Ancient Social History
Golden, M. (2018) · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · Cited by 26
Ethnic expansions and between‐group differences in children's health: A case study from the Rukwa Valley, Tanzania
Hadley, C. (2005) · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · doi:10.1002/ajpa.20056 · Cited by 26
Adolescence and innovation in the European Upper Palaeolithic
Nowell, A., & French, J. C. (2020) · Evolutionary Human Sciences · doi:10.1017/ehs.2020.37 · Cited by 25
Can the concept of discords help us find the causes of mental diseases?
Grinde, B. (2009) · Medical Hypotheses · doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.01.030 · Cited by 24
Norm violations and punishments across human societies
Garfield, Z. H., Ringen, E., Buckner, W., Medupe, D., Wrangham, R., & Glowacki, L. (2023) · Evolutionary Human Sciences · doi:10.1017/ehs.2023.7 · Cited by 23

Authors: Hewlett, B. S.
Corresponding author: Hewlett, Barry S.
ORCID: Hewlett, Barry S.
Venue: Journal of Anthropological Research
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1991-04
Volume: 47
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-37
ISSN: 0038-4801 (ISSN-L)
0091-7710
2153-3806
DOI: 10.1086/jar.47.1.3630579
OpenAlex: W1601344902
Cited by: 216
References: 88
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 3.16
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Anthropological Research (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education
Keywords: child care, pre-industrial societies, hunter-gatherers, horticulturists, pastoralists, total fertility rate, infant mortality, child mortality, divorce rates, causes of death, caregiving practices, multiple caregivers
MeSH terms: Anthropology, Anthropology, Cultural, Behavior, Birth Rate, Child Care, Child Rearing, Culture, Demography, Developing Countries, Family Characteristics, Family Relations, Fertility, Foster Home Care, Geography, Infant Mortality, Mortality, Nuclear Family, Population, Population Characteristics, Population Dynamics, Psychology, Research, Sex, Sex Factors, Sex Ratio, Social Sciences, Social Values, Sex Distribution

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

Demography and Childcare in Preindustrial Societies

Abstract

Overview

Integrity signals

Verification

Claims the paper makes

Claims other papers make about this one

Citations

Cites

Cited by

Related

Metadata

Record

About these checks