Michael Gurven

Also affiliated with University of California, Santa Barbara

PsychologySocial SciencesMedicine

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Driven by 39 papers. Top paper: “Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors”.

Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors

Science(2022)10.1126/science.abm8668

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2.4DataRank · unranked

101 citations

Xueying Zhang, Mary E. Henderson, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Herman Pontzer, Daiki Watanabe +87 more

Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in indigenous Bolivian forager‐horticulturalists

Alzheimer s & Dementia(2022)10.1002/alz.12626

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0.587DataRank · unranked

49 citations

Wendy J. Mack, Helena C. Chui, Emma Law, Giuseppe Barisano, M. Linda Sutherland +26 more

Applying an evolutionary mismatch framework to understand disease susceptibility

PLoS Biology(2023)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002311

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0.574DataRank · unranked

45 citations

Andrew G. Clark, Andrew Dahl, Orrin Devinsky, Angela R. García, Christopher D. Golden +16 more

Natural selection of immune and metabolic genes associated with health in two lowland Bolivian populations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2022)10.1073/pnas.2207544120

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0.510DataRank · unranked

29 citations

Angela R. García, Jesusa M.G. Arevalo, Julien F. Ayroles, Kenneth H. Buetow, Steve W. Cole +12 more

Energetic costs of testosterone in two subsistence populations

American Journal of Human Biology(2023)10.1002/ajhb.23949

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0.425DataRank · unranked

16 citations

Herman Pontzer, Jonathan Stieglitz, Daniel K. Cummings, Brian M. Wood, Melissa Emery Thompson +6 more

Wild capuchin monkeys as a model system for investigating the social and ecological determinants of ageing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences(2024)10.1098/rstb.2023.0482

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0.406DataRank · unranked

14 citations

Eva C. Wikberg, Joseph D. Orkin, Yeonjoo Park, Noah Snyder‐Mackler, Saúl Cheves Hernández +7 more

Productivity loss associated with functional disability in a contemporary small-scale subsistence population

eLife(2020)10.7554/elife.62883

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0.293DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Paul L. Hooper, Benjamin C. Trumble, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven, Jonathan Stieglitz

Higher blood lipid levels after the transition to menopause in two forager-horticulturalist populations

Evolution Medicine and Public Health(2025)10.1093/emph/eoaf020

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0.165DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Jacob E. Aronoff, Carrie L. Jenkins, Suhail Ghafoor, Jesús Vázquez, Nicole Appel +12 more

Oxytocin varies across the life course in a sex-specific way in a human subsistence population

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2025)10.1073/pnas.2509977122

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Dominik C. Jud, Valerie Baettig, Jordan S. Martin, Camila Scaff, Michael Gurven +9 more

Sex Differences in Measures of Energy Expenditure and Body Composition in Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults

Current Developments in Nutrition(2025)10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107614

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Kara L. Marlatt, Rodrigo Fernández‐Verdejo, Robbie A. Beyl, Leanne M. Redman, Philip N. Ainslie +69 more

Physical activity mediates age differences in cognition among Tsimane forager-horticulturalists

The Journals of Gerontology Series A(2025)10.1093/gerona/glaf163

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Nikhil N. Chaudhari, Daniel K. Cummings, Daniel Eid Rodríguez, Giuseppe Barisano, Paul L. Hooper +14 more

Ectopic adipose tissue in subsistence populations with minimal coronary disease, large left atria, and very low rates of atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Preventive Cardiology(2025)10.1016/j.ajpc.2025.101271

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0.104DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Benjamin C. Trumble, Daniel K. Cummings, Angela D. Neunuebel, Paul L. Hooper, Samuel Wann +27 more

The importance of elders: Extending Hamilton’s force of selection to include intergenerational transfers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2022)10.1073/pnas.2200073119

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0DataRank · unranked

21 citations

Michael Gurven, Raziel Davison

Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure

Nature Metabolism(2023)10.1038/s42255-023-00782-2

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0DataRank · unranked

66 citations

Jasper M. A. de Jong, Srishti Sinha, Klaas R. Westerterp, Yosuke Yamada, Hiroyuki Sagayama +75 more

Microbiota assembly, structure, and dynamics among Tsimane horticulturalists of the Bolivian Amazon

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-17541-6

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0DataRank · unranked

47 citations

Mélanie Martin, Elizabeth K. Costello, Adam R. Burns, Susan Holmes, Michael Gurven +2 more

Cognitive foundations for helping and harming others: Making welfare tradeoffs in industrialized and small-scale societies

Evolution and Human Behavior(2023)10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.01.013

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0DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Adrian V. Jaeggi, Julian Lim, Daniel Sznycer, Michael Gurven, Theresa E. Robertson +4 more

Brain volume, energy balance, and cardiovascular health in two nonindustrial South American populations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2205448120

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0DataRank · unranked

16 citations

Paul L. Hooper, Margaret Gatz, Wendy J. Mack, Emma Law, Helena C. Chui +25 more

Metapopulation dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a small-scale Amazonian society

PLoS Biology(2023)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002108

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0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Edmond Seabright, Sarah Alami, Samuel M. Jenness, Paul L. Hooper, Bret Beheim +13 more

Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.01.17.524066

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0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

IV Caldas, Kristina M. Garske, J. Echwa, Michael Gurven, Carla Handley +22 more

Evolutionary mismatch and the role of GxE interactions in human disease

arXiv (Cornell University)(2023)10.48550/arxiv.2301.05255

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Andrew G. Clark, Andrew Dahl, Orrin Devinsky, Angela R. García, Christopher D. Golden +16 more

Subjective well-being across the life course among non-industrialized populations

Science Advances(2024)10.1126/sciadv.ado0952

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0DataRank · unranked

18 citations

Yoann Buoro, Daniel Eid Rodríguez, M. Katherine Sayre, Benjamin C. Trumble, Aili Pyhälä +5 more

Masculine voice is associated with better mucosal immune defense in adolescent and adult males

Evolution and Human Behavior(2024)10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.05.004

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Graham Albert, Timothy S. McHale, Steven J. C. Gaulin, Michael Gurven, Nick Landry +5 more

Natural selection of immune and metabolic genes associated with health in two lowland Bolivian populations

UNC Libraries(2024)10.17615/ngvr-f043

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Kenneth H. Buetow, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, Julien F. Ayroles, Steve W. Cole, Philip L. Hooper +12 more

Object play in Tsimane children: Implications for tool use development and division of labour

PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints)(2024)10.31234/osf.io/e5mb8

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Ben C. Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Paul L. Hooper +4 more

Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing

PLoS Genetics(2025)10.1371/journal.pgen.1011667

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0DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Marina M. Watowich, Baptiste Sadoughi, Rachel M. Petersen, Sarah F. Brosnan, Kenneth H. Buetow +25 more

Indirect genetic effects among neighbors promote cooperation and accelerate adaptation in a small-scale human society

Science Advances(2025)10.1126/sciadv.ads3129

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4 citations

Bret Beheim, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Jonathan Stieglitz, Benjamin C. Trumble +5 more

Prehistoric Global Migration of Vanishing Gut Microbes With Humans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.08.15.670570

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Zhiru Liu, Matthew R. Olm, Mélanie Martin, Daniel D. Sprockett, Benjamin C. Trumble +9 more

Apolipoprotein- ε 4 is associated with higher fecundity in a natural fertility population

Science Advances(2023)10.1126/sciadv.ade9797

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0DataRank · unranked

35 citations

Mia Charifson, Thomas S. Kraft, Angela R. García, Daniel K. Cummings, Paul L. Hooper +14 more

Relative wealth and inequality associate with health in a small-scale subsistence society

medRxiv(2020)10.1101/2020.06.11.20121889

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0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Aaron D. Blackwell, Christopher von Rueden, Benjamin C. Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Angela R. García +4 more

Productivity loss associated with physical impairment in a contemporary small-scale subsistence population

medRxiv(2020)10.1101/2020.09.10.20191916

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Paul L. Hooper, Benjamin C. Trumble, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven, Jonathan Stieglitz

Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

Science(2021)10.1126/science.abe5017

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0DataRank · unranked

590 citations

Yosuke Yamada, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Philip N. Ainslie, Lene Frost Andersen, Liam Anderson +77 more

Energy compensation and adiposity in humans

Current Biology(2021)10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.016

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0DataRank · unranked

128 citations

Lewis G. Halsey, Herman Pontzer, Philip N. Ainslie, Lene Frost Andersen, Liam Anderson +79 more

Do wealth and inequality associate with health in a small-scale subsistence society?

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.59437

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0DataRank · unranked

53 citations

Aaron D. Blackwell, Christopher von Rueden, Benjamin C. Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Angela R. García +6 more

Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition(2021)10.1093/ajcn/nqab260

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0DataRank · unranked

50 citations

Yosuke Yamada, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Philip N. Ainslie, Lene Frost Andersen, Liam Anderson +77 more

Was facial width-to-height ratio subject to sexual selection pressures? A life course approach

PLoS ONE(2021)10.1371/journal.pone.0240284

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0DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Graham Albert, George B. Richardson, Timothy S. McHale, Seth M. Weinberg, Michael Gurven +2 more

Traditional and biomedical maternal and neonatal care practices in a rural Indigenous population of the Bolivian Amazon

Global Public Health(2021)10.1080/17441692.2021.1882531

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0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Michael Gurven, Mélanie Martin

Helminth infection is associated with dampened cytokine responses to viral and bacterial stimulations in Tsimane hunter-horticulturalists

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.29.462428

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0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Aaron D. Blackwell, Thomas S. Kraft, Melissa Emery Thompson, Ivan Maldonado Suarez, Daniel K. Cummings +6 more

Human Milk Oligosaccharide Compositions Illustrate Global Variations in Early Nutrition

Journal of Nutrition(2022)10.1093/jn/nxac027

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0DataRank · unranked

51 citations

Jasmine C. C. Davis, Sarah M. Totten, Lauren Wu, Laura D. Klein, Mélanie Martin +18 more

Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females

Journal of Human Evolution(2022)10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103229

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0DataRank · unranked

33 citations

Vincent Careau, Herman Pontzer, Philip N. Ainslie, Lene Frost Andersen, Liam Anderson +78 more