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For my dissertation, I am developing a model of social status investments among males in small-scale societies.  My empirical work focuses on the Tsimane forager-horticulturalists of Bolivia.  I am also investigating the acquisition of leadership and its role in collective action among the Tsimane. 

 

Publications:               Evolution of brain size and juvenile periods in primates

                                  Hunting, social status, and biological fitness

                                  The multiple dimensions of male social status in an Amazonian society

                                  Human adaptations for the visual assessment of strength and fighting ability

                                  A bioeconomic approach to marriage and the sexual division of labor

                                  Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in 

                                        small-scale societies

 

Presentations:             The patterning of male dyadic conflict with respect to kinship, cooperative

                                        networks, and social status in a small-scale Amazonian society

 

Curriculum Vitae:         von Rueden CV.doc