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Ruth H. Mace

81 works· latest 2024· 6 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0000-0002-6137-7739

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Most cited in this library

Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival2007 · 1,055 citations
The history and geography of human genes1995 · 630 citations
Spread of cattle led to the loss of matrilineal descent in Africa: a coevolutionary analysis2003 · 414 citations
A phylogenetic approach to cultural evolution2004 · 384 citations
Maternal grandmothers improve nutritional status and survival of children in rural Gambia2000 · 368 citations

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The cultural evolution of witchcraft beliefs

Evolution and Human Behavior·2024·4 authors·Open access

6citations

Social norm change: drivers and consequences

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024·5 authors·Open access

23citations

Jeans and language: kin networks and reproductive success are associated with the adoption of outgroup norms

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024·8 authors·Open access

10citations

Cross-cultural Comparative Methods for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses

Oxford University Press eBooks·2023·2 authors·chapter

41citations

The cultural evolution of teaching

Evolutionary Human Sciences·2023·3 authors·review·Open access

29citations

Cultural Evolution Research Needs to Include Human Behavioural Ecology

Synthese Library/Synthese library·2023·5 authors·chapter·Open access

11citations

3 • Family Matters Kin, Demography and Child Health in a Rural Gambian Population

Berghahn Books·2022·2 authors·chapter·Open access

21citations

What is cultural evolution anyway?

Behavioral Ecology·2022·3 authors·Open access

61citations

A phylogenetic analysis of dispersal norms, descent and subsistence in Sino-Tibetans

Evolution and Human Behavior·2022·3 authors·Open access

9citations

Cultural extinction in evolutionary perspective

Evolutionary Human Sciences·2021·2 authors·review·Open access

27citations

Dated phylogeny suggests early Neolithic origin of Sino-Tibetan languages

Scientific Reports·2020·3 authors·Open access

86citations

Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling

Nature Communications·2017·13 authors·Open access

334citations

Parental investment in Tibetan populations does not reflect stated cultural norms

Behavioral Ecology·2017·2 authors·Open access

26citations

Hunter-Gatherer Social Networks and Reproductive Success

Scientific Reports·2017·9 authors·Open access

102citations

Characterization of hunter-gatherer networks and implications for cumulative culture

Nature Human Behaviour·2017·13 authors·Open access

148citations

'The Cow is the Enemy of Matriliny1: Using Phylogenetic Methods to Investigate Cultural Evolution in Africa

Routledge eBooks·2016·2 authors·chapter

18citations

Knowledge-Sharing Networks in Hunter-Gatherers and the Evolution of Cumulative Culture

Current Biology·2016·12 authors·Open access

94citations

Networks of Food Sharing Reveal the Functional Significance of Multilevel Sociality in Two Hunter-Gatherer Groups

Current Biology·2016·9 authors·Open access

137citations

A Phylogenetic Comparative Study of Bantu Kinship Terminology Finds Limited Support for Its Co-Evolution with Social Organisation

PLoS ONE·2016·2 authors·Open access

17citations

High-resolution maps of hunter-gatherer social networks reveal human adaptation for cultural exchange

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)·2016·13 authors·preprint·Open access

7citations

Sex equality can explain the unique social structure of hunter-gatherer bands

Science·2015·9 authors

307citations

Fertility decline and the changing dynamics of wealth, status and inequality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2015·5 authors·Open access

77citations

Phylogenetic reconstruction of Bantu kinship challenges Main Sequence Theory of human social evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2014·5 authors·Open access

64citations

Evolution of cultural traits occurs at similar relative rates in different world regions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2014·2 authors·Open access

61citations

Direct investment by stepfathers can mitigate effects on educational outcomes but does not improve behavioural difficulties

Evolution and Human Behavior·2014·2 authors·Open access

17citations

Human behavioral ecology and its evil twin

Behavioral Ecology·2014·1 author

47citations

Community-level education accelerates the cultural evolution of fertility decline

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2014·5 authors·Open access

87citations

The Effect of $1, $5 and $10 Stakes in an Online Dictator Game

PLoS ONE·2013·3 authors·Open access

69citations

Cultural phylogeography of the Bantu Languages of sub-Saharan Africa

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2013·4 authors·Open access

240citations

The evolution of fairness: explaining variation in bargaining behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2012·2 authors·Open access

20citations

Lost Letter Measure of Variation in Altruistic Behaviour in 20 Neighbourhoods

PLoS ONE·2012·2 authors·Open access

76citations

Female reproductive competition within families in rural Gambia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2012·2 authors·Open access

63citations

THE EVOLUTION OF ETHNOLINGUISTIC DIVERSITY

Advances in Complex Systems·2011·2 authors

39citations

Demography and ecology drive variation in cooperation across human populations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2011·2 authors·Open access

166citations

Mode and tempo in the evolution of socio-political organization: reconciling ‘Darwinian’ and ‘Spencerian’ evolutionary approaches in anthropology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2011·2 authors·Open access

57citations

Parental investment and the optimization of human family size

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2011·2 authors·review·Open access

194citations

Macro-evolutionary studies of cultural diversity: a review of empirical studies of cultural transmission and cultural adaptation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2011·2 authors·Open access

187citations

Is horizontal transmission really a problem for phylogenetic comparative methods? A simulation study using continuous cultural traits

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2010·3 authors·Open access

77citations

Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific

Nature·2010·5 authors

263citations

The lack of acceptance of evolutionary approaches to human behaviour

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology·2010·2 authors

34citations

People recognise when they are really anonymous in an economic game

Evolution and Human Behavior·2010·2 authors

69citations

Siblings and childhood mental health: Evidence for a later-born advantage

Social Science & Medicine·2010·2 authors

79citations

Optimizing Modern Family Size

Human Nature·2010·2 authors·Open access

70citations

On Becoming Modern

Science·2009·1 author·editorial

11citations

Political complexity predicts the spread of ethnolinguistic groups

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2009·2 authors·Open access

89citations

Testing functional hypotheses about cross-cultural variation: A maximum-likelihood comparative analysis of Indo-European marriage practices

UCL Discovery (University College London)·2009·2 authors·chapter

14citations

Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2009·4 authors·Open access

229citations

Trade-offs in modern parenting: a longitudinal study of sibling competition for parental care

Evolution and Human Behavior·2009·2 authors

198citations

Sibling configuration and childhood growth in contemporary British families

International Journal of Epidemiology·2008·2 authors

140citations

Reproducing in Cities

Science·2008·1 author

81citations

Darwinian evolutionary theory and the social sciences

Contemporary Social Science·2008·5 authors·Open access

14citations

Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival

Evolution and Human Behavior·2007·2 authors·Open access

1,055citations

Testing evolutionary theories of menopause

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2007·4 authors·Open access

116citations

From bridewealth to dowry?

Human Nature·2006·3 authors

67citations

POLYGYNY, REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND CHILD HEALTH IN RURAL ETHIOPIA: WHY MARRY A MARRIED MAN?

Journal of Biosocial Science·2006·2 authors

139citations

Helpful grandmothers in rural Ethiopia: A study of the effect of kin on child survival and growth

Evolution and Human Behavior·2005·2 authors

218citations

A phylogenetic approach to cultural evolution

Trends in Ecology & Evolution·2004·2 authors

384citations

HEIGHT, MARRIAGE AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN GAMBIAN WOMEN

Research in economic anthropology·2004·3 authors·chapter

97citations

An evolutionary model of stature, age at first birth and reproductive success in Gambian women

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2004·4 authors·Open access

165citations

The cultural wealth of nations

Nature·2004·2 authors

217citations