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Manuscripts

Generalization and the adaptive value of mate-choice copying
G. Kushnick
Working paper (in prep.)

Maternal care decisions in five societies
G. Kushnick, B. Chabot-Hanowell, J. Kim, V. Magnano, and K. Oláh
Working paper (in prep.)

"Culture & Mind" Project publications (x5)
Working papers (in prep.)


Submitted

Access to resources shapes maternal decision making: Evidence from a factorial vignette experiment
G. Kushnick
Working paper (submitted)

The sequential evolution of land tenure norms
G. Kushnick, R. Gray, and F. Jordan
Working paper (submitted)


In Press

Why do the Karo Batak prefer women with big feet?
Flexible mate preferences and the notion that one size fits all

G. Kushnick
Human Nature (in press)


2012

Helper effects on breeder allocations to direct care
G. Kushnick
American Journal of Human Biology, 24, 545-550 (2012)
doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22268

Review of "Reproduction and Adaptation: Topics in Human Reproductive Ecology" (Edited by N. Mascie-Taylor & L. Rosetta)
G. Kushnick
Human Biology 84:91-92 (2012)
doi: 10.3378/027.084.0104

Testing a postulated case of intersexual selection in humans:
the role of foot size in judgments of physical attractiveness and age

Fessler, D., Stieger, S., Asaridou, S., Bahia, U., Cravalho, M., de Barros, P., Delgado, T., Fisher, M., Frederick, D., Geraldo Perez, P., Goetz, C., Haley, K., Jackson, J., Kushnick, G., Lew, K., Pain, B., Pisor, A., Sinaga, E., Sinaga, L., et al.
Evolution & Human Behavior 33:147-164 (2012)
doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.08.002

Misconstruals miss the mark: reply to El Guindi & Read
G. Kushnick & D. Fessler
Current Anthropology 53:136-137 (2012)
doi: 10.1086/663589


2011

Karo Batak cousin marriage, cosocialization, & the Westermarck hypothesis
G. Kushnick & D. Fessler
Current Anthropology 52:443-448 (2011)
doi: 10.1086/659337

Unexpected island effects at an extreme: reduced Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA diversity in Nias
M. van Oven, J.M. Hämmerle, M. van Schoor, G. Kushnick, P. Pennekamp, I. Zega, O. Lao, L. Brown, I. Kennerknecht, & M. Kayser
Molecular Biology & Evolution 28:1349-1361 (2011)
doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq300


2010

Resource competition and reproduction in Karo Batak villages
G. Kushnick
Human Nature 21:62-81 (2010)
doi: 10.1007/s12110-010-9082-4

Bibliography of works on the Karo Batak of North Sumatra, Indonesia: Missionary reports, anthropological studies, and other writings from
1826 to the present
(Version 1.2)

G. Kushnick
Downloaded from: http://faculty.washington.edu/kushnick/biblio.htm (2010)


2009

Parental supply & offspring demand amongst Karo Batak mothers & children
G. Kushnick
Journal of Biosocial Science 41:183-193 (2009)
doi: 10.1017/S0021932008002988


Earlier

Parent-offspring conflict among the Karo of North Sumatra
G. Kushnick
PhD Dissertation, Anthropology
University of Washington, Seattle (2006)

Risk & reciprocity in Meriam food-sharing
R. Bliege Bird, D. Bird, E. Smith, & G. Kushnick
Evolution & Human Behavior 23:297-321 (2002)
doi: s1090-5138(02)000098-3


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