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publications:
Gurven,
M., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Hooper, Paul L., Kaplan, H., Quinlan,
R., Sear, R., Schniter, E., von Rueden, C., Bell, A., and Hertz, T. (forthcoming).
Intergenerational Wealth Transmission and Inequality among Horticulturalists.
Current Anthropology
2009.
Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Hertz, T., Bell, A., Beise, J., Clark,
G., Fazzio, I., Gurven, M., Hill, K., Hooper, P.L. Irons, W., Kaplan, H.,
Leonetti, D., Low, B., Marlowe, F., McElreath, R., Naidu, S., Nolin, D.,
Piraino, P., Quinlan, R., Schniter, E., Sear, R., Shenk, M., Smith, E.,
von Rueden, C., and Wiessner, P. Intergenerational Wealth Transmission and
the Dynamics of Inequality in Small-Scale Societies. Science. 326:682-688
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2008.
Gurven, M., Zanolini, A., Schniter, E. Culture sometimes matter: intra-cultural
variation in pro-social behavior among Tsimane Amerindians. Journal
of Economic Behavior and Organization. 67:587-607
2008.
Schniter, E. “Shuar” in Encyclopedia of Latin American History
and Culture, 2nd ed. (pp. 835-836) C. Scribner’s Sons: New York.
dissertation:
2009.
Why Old Age: Non-material contributions and patterns of aging among older
adult Tsimane'.
thesis
for master's of science:
2001.
The evolution of yawning: Why do we yawn and why is
it contagious?
