Brown Bag Evolution and Ecology Journal Club

What is it? Each week a student or faculty will choose a short, recently published paper, such as a research report from Current Anthropology, American Anthropologist, Evolution and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Anthropology, Cognition, etc. The chooser will lead discussion and attendees are encouraged to bring their comments, questions, and lunch of course. The ‘paper of the week’ will be posted on this web site.

When? Every Thursday, 11:15-12:20, during the 2008 Spring semester. The first meeting will be January 24 (first week of the semester).

Where? Anthropology Graduate Student Lounge.

Who? Any students or faculty who are interested.

Why?  It is an excellent opportunity to keep up with the current literature, explore new areas of research, and discuss recent studies with other students and faculty.

Questions? Contact Richard Sosis at richard.sosis@uconn.edu

Meeting Dates/Papers:

January 24 -- Charles Efferson, Rafael Lalive, Peter J. Richerson, Richard McElreath, Mark Lubell (2008), Conformists and mavericks: the empirics of frequency-dependent cultural transmission. Evolution and Human Behavior 29, 56-64.

January 31 -- William D. Lassek & Steven J.C. Gaulin (2008), Waist-hip ratio and cognitive ability: is gluteofemoral fat a privileged store of neurodevelopmental resources.Evolution and Human Behavior 29, 26-34.

February 7 -- Geoffry Miller, Joshua M. Tybus, Brent D. Jordan (2007), Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lap dancers: economic evidence for human estrus?.Evolution and Human Behavior 28, 375-381.

February 14 -- Andrew C. Gallup, Daniel D. White, Gordon G. Gallup Jr. (2007), Handgrip strength predicts sexual behavior, body morphology, and aggression in male college students.Evolution and Human Behavior 28, 423-429.

February 21 -- Charles Efferson, Peter J. Richerson, Richard McElreath, Mark Lubell, Ed Edsten, Timothy M. Waring, Brian Paciotti and William Baum (2007), Learning, productivity, and noise: an experimental study of cultural transmission on the Bolivian Altiplano. Evolution and Human Behavior 28, 11-17.

February 28 -- Catherine Salmon, Charles Crawford, Sally Waters (2008), Anorexic Behavior, Female Competition and Stress: Developing the Female Competition Stress Test. Evolutionary Psychology 6, 96-112.

March 6 -- No Meeting

March 20 -- Alex Mesoudi, Andrew Whiten, Kevin Leland (2004), Perspective: Is Human Cultural Evolution Darwinian? Evidence Reviewed From the Origin of the Species. Evolution 58, 1-11.

March 27 -- Karen Kramer & Russell Greaves (2007), Changing Patterns of Infant Mortality and Maternal Fertility among Pum´e Foragers and Horticulturalists. American Anthropologist 109, 713-726.

April 3 -- Elsa Ermer, Leda Cosmides and John Tooby (2008), Relative status regulates risky decision making about resources in men: evidence for the co-evolution of motivation and cognition. Evolution and Human Behavior 29, 106-118

April 10 -- Marc Mehu, Karl Grammer and Robin I.M. Dunbar (2007), Smiles When Sharing. Evolution and Human Behavior 28, 415-422

April 17 -- No Meeting

April 24 -- Eric R. Bressler & Sigal Balshine (2006), The influence humor on desirability. Evolution and Human Behavior 27, 29-29