Brian M. Wood

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Brian M. Wood is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian M. Wood has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Brian M. Wood's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (15 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers). Brian M. Wood is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (15 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers). Brian M. Wood collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Brian M. Wood's co-authors include Frank W. Marlowe, Herman Pontzer, David A. Raichlen, Audax Mabulla, Kim Hill, A. Magdalena Hurtado, Claire Porter, Susan B. Racette, Barry S. Hewlett and Polly Wiessner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Brian M. Wood

52 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Co-Residence Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Societies Show Unique Human Social Structure

2011 513 citations Frank W. Marlowe, Brian M. Wood et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Female fertility and infant survivorship increase following lethal intergroup aggression and territorial expansion in wild chimpanzees 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brian M. Wood, David P. Watts, Kevin E. Langergraber, John C. Mitani	0
2	Beyond the here and now: hunter–gatherer socio-spatial complexity and the evolution of language 2024 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Brian M. Wood, David A. Raichlen, Herman Pontzer, Jacob A. Harris, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Audax Mabulla	1
3	Hadza Landscape Burning 2024 ·Human Nature ·Jacob A. Harris, (unknown), Audax Mabulla, Brian M. Wood	1
4	Demographic and hormonal evidence for menopause in wild chimpanzees 2023 ·Science ·Brian M. Wood, Jacob D. Negrey, Janine L. Brown, Tobias Deschner, Melissa Emery Thompson, (unknown), John C. Mitani, David P. Watts, Kevin E. Langergraber	29
5	Culturally determined interspecies communication between humans and honeyguides 2023 ·Science ·Claire N. Spottiswoode, Brian M. Wood	12
6	Energetic costs of testosterone in two subsistence populations 2023 ·American Journal of Human Biology ·Benjamin C. Trumble, Herman Pontzer, Jonathan Stieglitz, Daniel K. Cummings, Brian M. Wood, Melissa Emery Thompson, David A. Raichlen, Bret Beheim, Gandhi Yetish, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven	7
7	The energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies 2021 ·Science ·Thomas S. Kraft, Vivek V. Venkataraman, Ian J. Wallace, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Nicholas B. Holowka, Jonathan Stieglitz, Jacob A. Harris, David A. Raichlen, Brian M. Wood, Michael Gurven, Herman Pontzer	62
8	Gendered movement ecology and landscape use in Hadza hunter-gatherers 2021 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Brian M. Wood, Jacob A. Harris, David A. Raichlen, Herman Pontzer, (unknown), Amelia Sancilio, J. Colette Berbesque, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Audax Mabulla, Richard McElreath, Elizabeth Cashdan, James H. Jones	44
9	The role of causal knowledge in the evolution of traditional technology 2021 ·Current Biology ·Jacob A. Harris, Robert Boyd, Brian M. Wood	29
10	Hunter-Gatherers in context: Mammal community composition in a northern Tanzania landscape used by Hadza foragers and Datoga pastoralists 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Brian M. Wood, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christian Kiffner	8
11	Menopause is Common among Wild Female Chimpanzees in the Ngogo Community 2017 ·Brian M. Wood, Kevin E. Langergraber, John C. Mitani, David P. Watts	1
12	Low Mortality Rates among Ngogo Chimpanzees: Ecological Influences and Evolutionary Implications 2016 ·Brian M. Wood, David P. Watts, John C. Mitani, Kevin E. Langergraber	1
13	Eat first, share later: Hadza hunter–gatherer men consume more while foraging than in central places 2016 ·Evolution and Human Behavior ·J. Colette Berbesque, Brian M. Wood, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Audax Mabulla, Frank W. Marlowe	49
14	Honey, Hadza, hunter-gatherers, and human evolution 2014 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Frank W. Marlowe, J. Colette Berbesque, Brian M. Wood, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Claire Porter, Audax Mabulla	113
15	Household and Kin Provisioning by Hadza Men 2013 ·Human Nature ·Brian M. Wood, Frank W. Marlowe	109
16	Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Herman Pontzer, David A. Raichlen, Brian M. Wood, Audax Mabulla, Susan B. Racette, Frank W. Marlowe	245
17	Dynamics of Postmarital Residence among the Hadza 2011 ·Human Nature ·Brian M. Wood, Frank W. Marlowe	23
18	Prestige or Provisioning? A Test of Foraging Goals among the Hadza 2006 ·Current Anthropology ·Brian M. Wood	37
19	Morphology and microhabitat use in stream fish 1995 ·Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Brian M. Wood, Mark B. Bain	54
20	The Creek War of 1813-1814: Effects on Creek Society and Settlement Patterns 1985 ·Gregory A. Waselkov, Brian M. Wood	1

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