Publications

Why do the Karo Batak prefer women with big feet?
Challenging the assumption that one size fits all
G. Kushnick
Human Nature (submitted)

Access to resources shapes maternal investment decisions:
an experimental approach to studying decision rules of human behavior
G. Kushnick
Working paper (in prep.)

Modeling the evolutionary trajectories of land tenure norms
in Austronesian societies: a phylogenetic perspective
G. Kushnick, F. Jordan, & R. Gray
Working paper (in prep.)

Helper effects on breeder allocations to direct care
G. Kushnick
American Journal of Human Biology (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

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

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)

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

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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