Sex-specific demography and the evolution of gender-biased harmful cultural practices

Project Information

EvoBias

Grant agreement ID: 834597

DOI

10.3030/834597

EC signature date 13 December 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 396 926,25

EU contribution

€ 2 396 926,25

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (21)

Dated phylogeny suggests early Neolithic origin of Sino-Tibetan languages

Author(s): Hanzhi Zhang, Ting Ji, Mark Pagel, Ruth Mace
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77404-4

A phylogenetic analysis of dispersal norms, descent and subsistence in Sino-Tibetans

Author(s): Ting Ji; Hanzhi Zhang; Mark Pagel; Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolution and Human Behavior, Issue 43 (2022), 2022, Page(s) 147–154, ISSN 1090-5138
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.12.002

Population turnover, behavioral conservatism, and rates of cultural evolution

Author(s): Mark Dyble; Alberto J C Micheletti
Published in: Crossref, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 1465-7279
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arae003

Studying human culture with small datasets and evolutionary models

Author(s): Alberto J. C. Micheletti; Erhao Ge; Liqiong Zhou; Yuan Chen; Juan Du; Ruth Mace
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 1471-2954
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0753

Sex differences in costly signaling in rural Western China

Author(s): CaiRangDongZhi, Erhao Ge, Juan Du, Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolution and Human Behavior, Issue Volume 44, Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) 80-87, ISSN 1090-5138
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.02.009

The cultural evolution of witchcraft beliefs

Author(s): Sarah Peacey, Baihui Wu, Rebecca Grollemund, Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolution and Human Behavior, Issue 45, 2024, Page(s) 106610, ISSN 1090-5138
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106610

Monks relax sibling competition over parental resources in Tibetan populations

Author(s): Liqiong Zhou; Erhao Ge; Alberto J C Micheletti; Yuan Chen; Juan Du; Ruth Mace
Published in: Behavioral Ecology, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1465-7279
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arac059

Jeans and Language: kin networks and reproductive success are associated with the adoption of outgrip norms

Author(s): Qiao-Qiao He,Jie-Ru Yu, Song-Hua Tang, Ming-Yang Wang, Jia-Jia Wu, Yuan Chen, Yi Tao, Ting Ji, Ruth Mace
Published in: Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 2024, ISSN 1471-2970
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0031

Gender inequality in workloads explained by operational sex ratio

Author(s): Yuan Chen, Erhao Ge, Liqiong Zhou, Juan Du, Ruth Mace
Published in: iScience, Issue 27, 2024, Page(s) 110063, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110063

Alcohol consumption, life history and extinction risk among Raute hunter–gatherers from Nepal

Author(s): Inez Derkx, Gina Menn, Sudarshan Subedi, Nagendra Upadhyaya, Prajwal Rajbhandari, Anita Gyawali, Ruth Mace, Jaume Bertranpetit, Lucio Vinicius, Andrea Bamberg Migliano
Published in: Evolutionary Human Sciences, Issue 6, 2024, ISSN 2513-843X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2024.42

Different predictors of intimate partner and natal family violence against women

Author(s): Olympia L K Campbell, Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolution, medicine and public health, 2022, ISSN 2050-6201
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoac019

Religiosity and gender bias structure social networks

Author(s): Erhao Ge; CaiRang DongZhi; Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolutionary Human Sciences , 6 , Article e23. (2024), Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 2513-843X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2024.16

The gender gap in adolescent mental health: A cross-national investigation of 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries

Author(s): Olympia L K Campbell, David Bann, Praveetha Patalay
Published in: SSM - Population Health, Issue 13, 2021, Page(s) 100742, ISSN 2352-8273
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100742

Same-sex competition and sexual conflict expressed through witchcraft accusations

Author(s): Sarah Peacey, Olympia Campbell, Ruth Mace
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10315-8

Sex inequality driven by dispersal

Author(s): Yuan Chen, Erhao Ge, Liqiong Zhou, Juan Du, Ruth Mace
Published in: Current Biology, 2023, ISSN 1879-0445
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.027

Communal breeding by women is associated with lower investment from husbands

Author(s): Qiao-Qiao He; Jun-Wen Rui; Li Zhang; Yi Tao; Jia-Jia Wu; Ruth Mace; Ting Ji
Published in: Evolutionary Human Sciences, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2513-843X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2022.47

Genetic markers of cousin marriage and honour cultures

Author(s): Olympia L.K. Campbell, Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias, Grégory Fiorio, Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolution and Human Behavior, Issue 45, 2024, Page(s) 106636, ISSN 1090-5138
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106636

Cultural extinction in evolutionary perspective

Author(s): Hanzhi Zhang, Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolutionary Human Sciences, Issue 3, 2021, ISSN 2513-843X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2021.25

What is cultural evolution anyway?

Author(s): Alberto Micheletti, Eva Brandl, Ruth Mace
Published in: Behavioural Ecology, 2022, ISSN 1045-2249
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arac011

Religious celibacy brings inclusive fitness benefits

Author(s): Alberto Micheletti, Erhao Ge, Liqiong Zhou, Yuan Chen, Hanzhi Zhang, Juan Du, Mace, Ruth
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Issue 289, 2022, Page(s) 20220965, ISSN 0962-8452
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0965

Sibling competition and dispersal drive sex differences in religious celibacy

Author(s): Alberto J.C. Micheletti; Ruth Mace
Published in: Evolution and Human Behavior, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 1879-0607
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.01.004

Other (3)

Supporting Information from Religious celibacy brings inclusive fitness benefits

Author(s): Micheletti, Alberto J. C.; Ge, Erhao; Zhou, Liqiong; Chen, Yuan; Zhang, Hanzhi; Du, Juan; Mace, Ruth
Published in: Proceedings Royal Society B, Issue 1, 2022
Publisher: Royal Society
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20026139

Supplementary information from Jeans and language: kin networks and reproductive success are associated with the adoption of outgroup norms

Author(s): He, Qiao-Qiao; Yu, Jie-Ru; Tang, Song-Hua; Wang, Ming-Yang; Wu, Jia-Jia; Chen, Yuan; Tao, Yi; Ji, Ting; Mace, Ruth
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Issue 4, 2024
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24805093.v1

Religiosity and gender bias structure social networks in a Tibetan population

Author(s): Erhao GeCaiRangDongZhiRuth Mace
Published in: 2022
Publisher: OSF Pre Prints
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/qpa4b

Book chapters (1)

Cultural Evolution Research Needs to Include Human Behavioural Ecology

Author(s): Micheletti AJC, Brandl E, Peacey S, Zhang H, Ruth Mace
Published in: Synthese Library, 2023, Page(s) 478:501-528
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33358-3_22