| Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival R Sear, R Mace Evolution and human behavior 29 (1), 1-18, 2008 | 1202 | 2008 |
| Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies MB Mulder, S Bowles, T Hertz, A Bell, J Beise, G Clark, I Fazzio, M Gurven, ... science 326 (5953), 682-688, 2009 | 529 | 2009 |
| Maternal grandmothers improve nutritional status and survival of children in rural Gambia R Sear, R Mace, IA McGregor Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2000 | 474 | 2000 |
| The effects of kin on child mortality in rural Gambia R Sear, F Steele, IA McGregor, R Mace Demography 39, 43-63, 2002 | 356 | 2002 |
| How much does family matter? Cooperative breeding and the demographic transition R Sear, D Coall Population and development review 37, 81-112, 2011 | 351 | 2011 |
| Human behavioral ecology: current research and future prospects D Nettle, MA Gibson, DW Lawson, R Sear Behavioral Ecology 24 (5), 1031-1040, 2013 | 294 | 2013 |
| Are humans communal breeders R Mace, R Sear Grandmotherhood–the evolutionary significance of the second half of female …, 2005 | 209 | 2005 |
| Evolutionary public health: introducing the concept JCK Wells, RM Nesse, R Sear, RA Johnstone, SC Stearns The Lancet 390 (10093), 500-509, 2017 | 190 | 2017 |
| The effects of kin on female fertility in rural Gambia R Sear, R Mace, IA McGregor Evolution and Human Behavior 24 (1), 25-42, 2003 | 187 | 2003 |
| Matriliny as daughter-biased investment CJ Holden, R Sear, R Mace Evolution and human behavior 24 (2), 99-112, 2003 | 177 | 2003 |
| An evolutionary model of stature, age at first birth and reproductive success in Gambian women N Allal, R Sear, AM Prentice, R Mace Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 165 | 2004 |
| Testing evolutionary theories of menopause DP Shanley, R Sear, R Mace, TBL Kirkwood Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1628), 2943-2949, 2007 | 159 | 2007 |
| Evolutionary accounts of human behavioural diversity GR Brown, TE Dickins, R Sear, KN Laland Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 …, 2011 | 152 | 2011 |
| Kin and child survival in rural Malawi: Are matrilineal kin always beneficial in a matrilineal society? R Sear Human Nature 19, 277-293, 2008 | 149 | 2008 |
| Boys are more likely to be undernourished than girls: a systematic review and meta-analysis of sex differences in undernutrition S Thurstans, C Opondo, A Seal, J Wells, T Khara, C Dolan, A Briend, ... BMJ global health 5 (12), e004030, 2020 | 148 | 2020 |
| Birth interval and the sex of children in a traditional African population: an evolutionary analysis R Mace, R Sear Journal of biosocial science 29 (4), 499-507, 1997 | 142 | 1997 |
| Height, marriage and reproductive success in Gambian women R Sear, N Allal, R Mace Socioeconomic aspects of human behavioral ecology, 203-224, 2004 | 140 | 2004 |
| Grandma plays favourites: X-chromosome relatedness and sex-specific childhood mortality M Fox, R Sear, J Beise, G Ragsdale, E Voland, LA Knapp Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1681), 567-573, 2010 | 127 | 2010 |
| A not-so-grim tale: How childhood family structure influences reproductive and risk-taking outcomes in a historical US population P Sheppard, JR Garcia, R Sear PloS one 9 (3), e89539, 2014 | 123 | 2014 |
| How does childhood socioeconomic hardship affect reproductive strategy? Pathways of development P Sheppard, MS Pearce, R Sear American Journal of Human Biology 28 (3), 356-363, 2016 | 115 | 2016 |
Ruth MaceProfessor of Evolutionary Anthropology, UCLVerified email at ucl.ac.uk
