HR job title
- Associate Professor
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- 1 979 862 3492
Alvard, Michael Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
My research focuses on culture and biology, cooperation, human evolutionary ecology, horticulturalists; hunters and gatherers, local people and environmental issues, and adaptation to the tropics.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Alvard, M., McGaffey, E., & Carlson, D.
(2015).
A Method for Measuring Fishing Effort by Small-scale Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Fishers from the Commonwealth of Dominica. Field Methods.
27(3), 300-315.
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Alvard, M., Carlson, D., & McGaffey, E.
(2015).
Using a partial sum method and GPS tracking data to identify area restricted search by artisanal fishers at moored fish aggregating devices in the Commonwealth of Dominica. PLoS ONE.
10(2), e0115552-e0115552.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2013).
Partner selection, coordination games, and group selection. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
36(1), 80-81.
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Zhang, L. i., Poston, D. L., Alvard, M. S., & Cherry, C.
(2013).
Cultural Inheritance and Fertility Outcomes: An Analysis from Evolutionary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. International Journal of Population Research.
2013, 1-10.
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Henrich, J., Boyd, R., McElreath, R., Gurven, M., Richerson, P. J., Ensminger, J., ... Ziker, J
(2012).
Reply to van Hoorn: Converging lines of evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
109(26), E1678-e1678.
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Henrich, J., Boyd, R., McElreath, R., Gurven, M., Richerson, P. J., Ensminger, J., ... Ziker, J
(2012).
Culture does account for variation in game behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
109(2), E32-E33.
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Alvard, M.
(2011).
Genetic and cultural kinship among the Lamaleran whale hunters. Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective.
22(1-2), 89-107.
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Alvard, M.
(2009).
Kinship and Cooperation. Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective.
20(4), 394-416.
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Alvard, M.
(2007).
The Emergence of Culture: The Evolution of a Uniquely Human Way of Life By Philip G. Chase, Springer, New York, 2006, 218 pp., $69.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0-387-30512-2. JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION.
52(2), 227-227.
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Alvard, M.
(2006).
So Many People So Little Biodiversity. ECOLOGY.
87(1), 263-264.
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Henrich, J., Boyd, R., Bowles, S., Camerer, C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., ... Tracer, D.
(2005).
"Economic man" in cross-cultural perspective: behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
28(6), 795-815.
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Henrich, J., Boyd, R., Bowles, S., Camerer, C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., ... Tracer, D.
(2005).
Models of decision-making and the coevolution of social preferences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
28(6), 838-855.
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Alvard, M.
(2004).
Good hunters keep smaller shares of larger pies. 27(4), 560-561.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2003).
Kinship, lineage, and an evolutionary perspective on cooperative hunting groups in Indonesia. Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective.
14(2), 129-163.
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Alvard, M.
(2003).
Cooperation, evolution, and culture. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
26(2), 153-154.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2003).
The adaptive nature of culture. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews.
12(3), 136-149.
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Alvard, M. S., & Nolin, D. A.
(2002).
Rousseau's whale hunt? Coordination among big-game hunters. Current Anthropology.
43(4), 533-559.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2002).
Carcass ownership and meat distribution by big-game cooperative hunters. Research in economic anthropology.
21, 99-131.
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Alvard, M. S., & Kuznar, L
(2001).
Deferred Harvests: The Transition from Hunting to Animal Husbandry. AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST.
103(2), 295-311.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2000).
The potential for sustainable harvests by traditional Wana hunters in Morowali nature reserve, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Human Organization.
59(4), 428-440.
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Alvard, M. S.
(1998).
Evolutionary ecology and resource conservation. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews.
7(2), 62-74.
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Alvard, M. S., Robinson, J. G., Redford, K. H., & Kaplan, H.
(1997).
The Sustainability of Subsistence Hunting in the Neotropics. Conservation Biology.
11(4), 977-982.
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Alvard, M. S.
(1997).
Ache Life History: The Ecology and Demography of a Foraging People. By Kim Hill and A. Magdalena Hurtado. xix + 561 pp. New York:. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY.
9(2), 278-280.
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Alvard, M., Alcorn, J. B., Bodmer, R. E., Hames, R., Hill, K., Hudson, J., ... Stearman, A. M
(1995).
Intraspecific Prey Choice by Amazonian Hunters [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology.
36(5), 789-818.
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Alvard, M
(1995).
Shotguns and sustainable hunting in the Neotropics. Oryx: journal of fauna and flora international.
29(1), 58-66.
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Alvard, M. S.
(1994).
Conservation by native peoples : Prey choice in a depleted habitat. Human Nature: an interdisciplinary biosocial perspective.
5(2), 127-154.
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Alvard, M. S.
(1993).
Testing the ecologically noble savage hypothesis: Interspecific prey choice by Piro hunters of Amazonian Peru. 21(4), 355-387.
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Alvard, M. S.
(1993).
Testing the "ecologically noble savage" hypothesis: Interspecific prey choice by Piro hunters of Amazonian Peru. 21(4), 355-387.
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Alvard, M. S
Polygyny as a Human Female Reproductive Strategy. 5, 42-56.
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Alvard, M., McGaffey, E., & Carlson, D.
(2015).
A Method for Measuring Fishing Effort by Small-scale Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) Fishers from the Commonwealth of Dominica. Field Methods.
27(3), 300-315.
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chapter
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Stiner, M., Alvard, M., & Kaplan, H.
(2019).
Procurement Technology and Prey Mortality Among Indigenous Neotropical Hunters. Stiner, M. (Eds.),
Human Predators and Prey Mortality.
(pp. 79-104).
Taylor & Francis.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2017).
Evolutionary Ecology and Resource Conservation. Penn, D. J., & Mysterud, I. (Eds.),
Evolutionary Perspectives on Environmental Problems.
(pp. 81-104).
Taylor & Francis.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2015).
How much land do the Wana use?. Sellet, F., Greaves, R. D., & Yu, P. L. (Eds.),
Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology of Mobility.
(pp. 108-126).
University Press of Florida.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2012).
Human Sociality. Mitani, J. C., Call, J., Kappeler, P. M., Palombit, R. A., & Silk, J. B. (Eds.),
The Evolution of Primate Societies.
(pp. 585-604).
University Of Chicago Press.
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Alvard, M. S., & Gillespie, A.
(2004).
Good Lamalera whale hunters accrue reproductive benefits. Research in economic anthropology.
Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral Ecology.
(pp. 225-247).
Emerald.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2004).
The Ultimatum Game, Fairness, and Cooperation among Big Game Hunters. Foundations of Human Sociality.
(pp. 413-435).
Oxford University Press.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2002).
Evolutionary theory, conservation, and human environmental impact. Kay, C., & Simmons, R. T. (Eds.),
Wilderness and Political Ecology Aboriginal Influences and the Original State of Nature.
(pp. 28-43).
University of Utah Press.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2001).
Mutualistic Hunting. Stanford, C., & Bunn, H. (Eds.),
The Early Human Diet: The Role of Meat.
(pp. 261-278).
Oxford University Press.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2000).
The impact of traditional subsistence hunting and trapping on prey populations: Data from the Wana of upland Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Robinson, J. G., & Bennett, E. L. (Eds.),
Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests.
(pp. 214-230).
Columbia University Press.
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Alvard, M. S.
(1998).
. Indigenous hunting in the Neotropics: Conservation or optimal foraging?. Caro, T. (Eds.),
Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology.
(pp. 474-500).
Oxford University Press.
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Stiner, M., Alvard, M., & Kaplan, H.
(2019).
Procurement Technology and Prey Mortality Among Indigenous Neotropical Hunters. Stiner, M. (Eds.),
Human Predators and Prey Mortality.
(pp. 79-104).
Taylor & Francis.
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conference paper
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Alvard, M. S.
(2001).
Whom do you trust? Coordination among cooperative big game hunters in Indonesia. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
32-32.
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Alvard, M. S.
(2001).
Whom do you trust? Coordination among cooperative big game hunters in Indonesia. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
32-32.
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institutional repository document
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Alvard, M.
(2014).
Fall 2012 focal follow FAD GPS dataset
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Alvard, M.
(2014).
Fall 2012 focal follow FAD GPS dataset
editor of
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book
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Alvard, M. S
Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral Ecology
Alvard, M. S. (Eds.),
Jai.
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Alvard, M. S
Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral Ecology
Alvard, M. S. (Eds.),
Jai.
Research
Teaching
teaching activities
- ANTH201 Intro To Anthropology Instructor
- ANTH205 Peoples & Cult Of Wrld Instructor
- ANTH330 Field Research In Anth: Domin Instructor
- ANTH410 Anthropological Theory Instructor
- ANTH424 Hum Evol Ecol: Culture & Coop Instructor
- ANTH485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH489 Sptp: Scientific Cultural Anth Instructor
- ANTH491 Research Instructor
- ANTH604 Cultural Meth & Theory Instructor
- ANTH609 Culture And Evolution Instructor
- ANTH630 Human Evol Ecology Instructor
- ANTH685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ANTH691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Laporte, Catharina (2013-12). The Evolution of Variability in Magic, Divination and Religion: A Multi-level Selection Analysis.
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MacDonald, Kaeleigh Marie (2014-11). Is Religion the Problem? Investigating the Mitigation of Out-Group Bias in Interfaith Groups.
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Raterman, Jessica (2018-05). Methodological Development for Identifying Foraging Behaviors from GPS Data Among Artisanal Fishers in the Caribbean.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of New Mexico - (Valencia, New Mexico, United States) 1993
- M.S. in Anthropology, University of New Mexico - (Valencia, New Mexico, United States) 1987
- B.A. in Anthropology, Colorado State University - (Fort Collins, Colorado, United States) 1984
Contact
first name
- Michael
has last name
- Alvard
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Anthropology
4352 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4352
USA
Other
- alvard@tamu.edu