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Overview

Frank W. Marlowe was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned several fields, focusing primarily on evolutionary psychology and human behavior, wildlife ecology and conservation, animal behavior and welfare studies, demographic trends and gender preferences, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, and rangeland management and livestock ecology.

The main topics covered in their work included:

  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Marlowe published frequently in these subfields of study:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Gender Studies
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their publication record included papers in several respected venues, indicating the breadth of their research interests. Frequent publication sources were:

  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of the notable papers authored or co-authored by Marlowe include:

  • "To the hunter go the spoils? No evidence of nutritional benefit to being or marrying a well-reputed Hadza hunter," 2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • "Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Intergenerational Wealth Transmission and the Dynamics of Inequality in Small-Scale Societies," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Wealth Transmission and Inequality among Hunter-Gatherers," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals," 2025, UNC Libraries

Marlowe collaborated frequently with multiple scholars, including:

  • Eric Alden Smith
  • Michael Gurven
  • Samuel Bowles
  • Paul L. Hooper
  • Christopher von Rueden

Their coauthorship network and diverse publication venues suggest an interdisciplinary approach, connecting perspectives from anthropology, ecology, psychology, and sociology. Marlowe's work contributed to understanding human behavior and social structures in both contemporary and small-scale societies through empirical and theoretical frameworks.

Best Publications

  • “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies

    Joseph Henrich;Robert Boyd;Samuel Bowles;Colin Camerer

  • Costly Punishment Across Human Societies

    Joseph Henrich;Richard McElreath;Abigail Barr;Jean Ensminger

  • Markets, religion, community size, and the evolution of fairness and punishment.

    Joseph Henrich;Jean Ensminger;Richard McElreath;Abigail Barr

  • Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers

    Stephanie L. Schnorr;Marco Candela;Simone Rampelli;Manuela Centanni

  • Co-Residence Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Show Unique Human Social Structure

    Kim R. Hill;Robert S. Walker;Miran Božičević;James Eder

  • Hunter-Gatherers and Human Evolution

    Frank W. Marlowe

  • The Hadza: Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania

    Frank Marlowe

  • Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers

    Coren L. Apicella;Frank W. Marlowe;James H. Fowler;Nicholas A. Christakis

  • Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies.

    Monique Borgerhoff Mulder;Samuel Bowles;Tom Hertz;Adrian Bell

  • Paternal investment and the human mating system

    Frank W. Marlowe

  • Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity

    Herman Pontzer;David A. Raichlen;Brian M. Wood;Audax Z. P. Mabulla

  • A critical period for provisioning by Hadza men: Implications for pair bonding

    Frank W Marlowe

  • Evidence of Lévy walk foraging patterns in human hunter–gatherers

    David A. Raichlen;Brian M. Wood;Adam D. Gordon;Audax Z. P. Mabulla

  • Voice pitch predicts reproductive success in male hunter-gatherers

    C.L Apicella;D.R Feinberg;F.W Marlowe

  • Hunting and Gathering: The Human Sexual Division of Foraging Labor

    Frank W. Marlowe

  • Mate preferences among Hadza hunter-gatherers.

    Frank W. Marlowe

  • The Mating System of Foragers in the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample

    Frank W. Marlowe

  • How Universal Are Preferences for Female Waist-to-Hip Ratios? Evidence from the Hadza of Tanzania

    Adam Wetsman;Frank Marlowe

  • More 'altruistic' punishment in larger societies.

    Frank W. Marlowe;J. Colette Berbesque;Abigail Barr;Clark Barrett

  • Preferred waist-to-hip ratio and ecology

    Frank Marlowe;Adam Wetsman

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Gurven
Michael Gurven University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard McElreath
Richard McElreath Max Planck Society
Audax Mabulla
Audax Mabulla University of Dar es Salaam
Coren L. Apicella
Coren L. Apicella University of Pennsylvania
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder University of California, Davis
Eric Alden Smith
Eric Alden Smith University of Washington
Barry S. Hewlett
Barry S. Hewlett Washington State University Vancouver
Hillard Kaplan
Hillard Kaplan Chapman University
Robert Boyd
Robert Boyd Arizona State University
Rebecca Sear
Rebecca Sear London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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