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Mhairi GibsonUniversity of BristolVerified email at bristol.ac.uk
Rebecca SearLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineVerified email at lshtm.ac.uk
Susan SchaffnitPennsylvania State UniversityVerified email at psu.edu
Ruth MaceProfessor of Evolutionary Anthropology, UCLVerified email at ucl.ac.uk
Monique Borgerhoff MulderUniversity of California, AnthropologyVerified email at ucdavis.edu
Sayoki MfinangaChief Scientist of National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Centre, AfriqueOneVerified email at nimr.or.tz
Bernard NgowiUniversity of dar es SalaamVerified email at udsm.ac.tz
ESTHER NGADAYADrVerified email at nimr.or.tz
Anushé HassanPhD Candidate, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineVerified email at lshtm.ac.uk
Anna GoodmanLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineVerified email at lshtm.ac.uk
Joyce WamoyiSenior ResearcherVerified email at gp.spi.ox.ac.uk
Alex AlvergneCNRS, Montpellier University, University of OxfordVerified email at umontpellier.fr
Daniel NettleCNRS senior research scientist, Institut Jean NicodVerified email at ens.psl.eu
Jim ToddLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineVerified email at lshtm.ac.uk
Mary ShenkAssociate Professor of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State UniversityVerified email at psu.edu
Hillard KaplanChapman UniversityVerified email at chapman.edu
Nicholas PoundSenior Lecturer in Psychology, Brunel University LondonVerified email at brunel.ac.uk
Professor Stephen RichmondCardiff UniversityVerified email at cardiff.ac.uk
Ian Penton-VoakVerified email at bristol.ac.uk
Joseph KilgallenPhD Candidate, University of California, Santa BarabaVerified email at ucsb.edu

David W Lawson

Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Human Behavioural Ecology Human Behavioral Ecology Evolutionary Anthropology Parental Investment Marriage


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Human behavioral ecology: current research and future prospects D Nettle, MA Gibson, DW Lawson, R Sear Behavioral Ecology 24 (5), 1031-1040, 2013	293	2013
Trade-offs in modern parenting: a longitudinal study of sibling competition for parental care DW Lawson, R Mace Evolution and Human Behavior 30 (3), 170-183, 2009	230	2009
Parental investment and the optimization of human family size DW Lawson, R Mace Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 …, 2011	215	2011
Low fertility increases descendant socioeconomic position but reduces long-term fitness in a modern post-industrial society A Goodman, I Koupil, DW Lawson Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1746), 4342-4351, 2012	184	2012
Sibling configuration and childhood growth in contemporary British families DW Lawson, R Mace International Journal of Epidemiology 37 (6), 1408-1421, 2008	150	2008
The life-history trade-off between fertility and child survival DW Lawson, A Alvergne, MA Gibson Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1748), 4755-4764, 2012	134	2012
Facial fluctuating asymmetry is not associated with childhood ill-health in a large British cohort study N Pound, DW Lawson, AM Toma, S Richmond, AI Zhurov, IS Penton-Voak Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1792), 20141639, 2014	117	2014
No evidence that polygynous marriage is a harmful cultural practice in northern Tanzania DW Lawson, S James, E Ngadaya, B Ngowi, SGM Mfinanga, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (45), 13827-13832, 2015	106	2015
Hard to handle: understanding mothers’ handwashing behaviour in Ghana BE Scott, DW Lawson, V Curtis Health policy and Planning 22 (4), 216-224, 2007	106	2007
Understanding variation in human fertility: what can we learn from evolutionary demography? R Sear, DW Lawson, H Kaplan, MK Shenk Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016	103	2016
Ethnicity and child health in northern Tanzania: Maasai pastoralists are disadvantaged compared to neighbouring ethnic groups DW Lawson, M Borgerhoff Mulder, ME Ghiselli, E Ngadaya, B Ngowi, ... PloS one 9 (10), e110447, 2014	101	2014
Optimizing modern family size: trade-offs between fertility and the economic costs of reproduction DW Lawson, R Mace Human Nature 21, 39-61, 2010	101	2010
Siblings and childhood mental health: evidence for a later-born advantage DW Lawson, R Mace Social Science & Medicine 70 (12), 2061-2069, 2010	88	2010
The offspring quantity–quality trade-off and human fertility variation DW Lawson, M Borgerhoff Mulder Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016	84	2016
“Child marriage” in context: exploring local attitudes towards early marriage in rural Tanzania SB Schaffnit, M Urassa, DW Lawson Sexual and reproductive health matters 27 (1), 93-105, 2019	79	2019
Sending children to school: rural livelihoods and parental investment in education in northern Tanzania S Hedges, MB Mulder, S James, DW Lawson Evolution and human behavior 37 (2), 142-151, 2016	79	2016
“Modernization” increases parental investment and sibling resource competition: evidence from a rural development initiative in Ethiopia MA Gibson, DW Lawson Evolution and Human Behavior 32 (2), 97-105, 2011	77	2011
Synthesis in the human evolutionary behavioural sciences R Sear, DW Lawson, TE Dickins Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 5 (1), 3-28, 2007	63	2007
Applying evolutionary anthropology MA Gibson, DW Lawson Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 24 (1), 3-14, 2015	54	2015
Cross-cultural research must prioritize equitable collaboration M Urassa, DW Lawson, J Wamoyi, E Gurmu, MA Gibson, P Madhivanan, ... Nature Human Behaviour 5 (6), 668-671, 2021	52	2021

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