Social status and measuring reproductive success in the modern nonindustrial man (Phys.org)

September 6, 2016

Recent research findings by Chris von Rueden, assistant professor of leadership studies, and Adrian Jaeggi discussed in Phys.org.

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A pair of researchers, one with the University of Richmond in Virginia, the other Emory University in Georgia, has found that the reproductive success of the modern nonindustrialized man correlates with his social status across a wide variety of society types. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Christopher von Rueden and Adrian Jaeggi describe the research they undertook in seeking to learn more about the role that status plays in measuring reproductive success in modern non-industrialized societies and the results they found.

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