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  Publications  
     
 
  1. Walker, R. S., M. Gurven, O. Burger, and M. J. Hamilton (2008) The trade-off between number and size of offspring in humans and other primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 275:827-833. [pdf download]
  2. Walker, R. S. and M. J. Hamilton (2008) Life history consequences of density dependence in the evolution of human body sizes. Current Anthropology report 49:115-122. [pdf download]
  3. Hamilton, M. J., B. T. Milne, R. S. Walker, O. Burger, and J. H. Brown (2007) The complex structure of hunter-gatherer social networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 274:2195-2202.
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  4. Hamilton, M. J., B. T. Milne, R. S. Walker, and J. H. Brown (2007) Nonlinear scaling of space use in human hunter-gatherers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104:4765-4769.
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  5. Hill, K., A. M. Hurtado, and R. S. Walker (2007) High adult mortality among Hiwi hunter-gatherers: Implications for human evolution. Journal of Human Evolution 52:443-454.
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  6. Walker, R. S., O. Burger, J. Wagner, and C. Von Rueden (2006) Evolution of brain size and juvenile periods in primates. Journal of Human Evolution 51:480-89.
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  7. Walker, R. S., M. Gurven, K. Hill, A. Migliano, N. Chagnon, R. De Souza, G. Djurovic, R. Hames, A. M. Hurtado, H. Kaplan, K. Kramer, W. J. Oliver, C. Valeggia, and T. Yamauchi (2006) Growth rates and life histories in twenty-two small-scale societies. American Journal of Human Biology 18:295-311 (feature article).
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  8. Walker, R. S., K. Hill, O. Burger, and A. M. Hurtado (2006) Life in the slow lane revisited: Ontogenetic separation between chimpanzees and humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129:577-583.
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  9. Gurven, M. and R. S. Walker (2006) Energetic demand of multiple dependents and the evolution of slow human growth. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 273: 835-841.
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  10. Burger, O., M. Hamilton, and R. S. Walker (2005) The prey as patch model: A marginal gains curve for vertebrate prey. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:1147-1158.
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  11. Walker, R. S. and K. Hill (2003) Modeling growth and senescence in physical performance among the Ache of Eastern Paraguay. American Journal of Human Biology 15:196-208.
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  12. Walker, R. S., K. Hill, H. Kaplan, and G. MacMillan (2002) Age-dependency in hunting ability among the Ache of eastern Paraguay. Journal of Human Evolution 42:639-657.
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  13. Todd, L. C., D. C. Jones, R. S. Walker, P. Burnett, and J. Eighmy (2001) Late archaic bison hunters in Northern Colorado: 1997-1999 Excavations at the Kaplan-Hoover Bison Bonebed (5LR3953). Plains Anthropologist 46:125-147.
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Book Reviews
  • Walker, R. (2006) Review of "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers", eds. Lee, R. and R. Daly. Journal of Anthropological Research 62:264-266.
  • Walker, R. (2005) Review of "Methods in Human Growth Research", eds. Hauspie, R. L., N. Cameron, and L. Molinari. American Journal of Human Biology17:211-212.
 
 
Presentation
 
 
  • Walker, R. (2007) Comparative human life history and the problem of age uncertainty. Workshop on Age Determination, Rostock, Germany.
  • Walker, R. (2007) The trade-off between number and size of offspring in humans and other primates. 19th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • Walker, R. (2007) Density dependence and human life history evolution. 76th Annual American Association for Physical Anthropologists (invited symposium), Philadelphia.
  • Walker, R. (2006) Life history consequences of density dependence in the evolution of hunter-gatherer body sizes. 18th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Philadelphia.
  • Walker, R. and K. Hill (2006) Activity patterns and health of the Ache hunter-gatherers of Paraguay. 53rd Annual American College of Sports Medicine Meeting (invited symposium), Denver.
  • Walker, R. (2006) Are there two human ontogenies? 75th Annual American Association for Physical Anthropologists, Anchorage.
  • Walker, R. (2005) Growth rates and life histories in 21 small-scale societies. UNM Human Evolutionary and Behavioral Sciences (invited lecture), Albuquerque.
  • Walker, R., K. Hill, H. Kaplan, and G. MacMillan (2001) Hunting ability among the Ache of eastern Paraguay. 5th Annual UNM Graduate Symposium, Albuquerque.
  • Walker, R. and M. Gurven (2000) Food transfer analysis of the Hiwi, a foraging society in Venezuela. 4th Annual UNM Graduate Symposium, Albuquerque.
  • Walker, R. and C. P. Egeland (1999) Ontogenetic dental variation in a 2700-year-old bison deme: A mortality event on the Poudre. 57th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Sioux Falls.
  • Walker, R. (1996) Ecological and geomorphological assessment of the hydroriparian zone of Ah’ta’apq Creek. Management for a Living Hesquiaht Harbor Conference, British Columbi