Eric Alden Smith

100 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Signaling Theory, Strategic Interaction, and Symbolic Capital 2005 · 581 citations
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Eric Alden Smith
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  • Archeology 261
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.1k
  • Paleontology 1.1k
  • Anthropology 1.2k
  • Safety Research 990
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All Works

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3 2020191
4 20196
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Evolutionary social science: The behavioral ecology approach
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Costly Signaling and Cooperation
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12 199820
13 199880
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15 199217
16 198842
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Going national with EPI in Nigeria.
19841
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New perspectives on hunter-gatherer socioecology
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20 19672

About Eric Alden Smith

Eric Alden Smith is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Paleontology, having authored 103 papers that have together received 7.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (40 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (31 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (12 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (12 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (11 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (10 papers), Language and cultural evolution (9 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (261 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.1k citations), Paleontology (1.1k citations), Anthropology (1.2k citations) and Safety Research (990 citations). Eric Alden Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Rebecca Bliege Bird, Rada Dyson‐Hudson, Samuel Bowles, Bruce Winterhalder, Herbert Gintis, Mark Wishnie, Douglas W. Bird, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Kim Hill and Hillard Kaplan. Their work appears in journals such as Current Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Evolution and Human Behavior and American Anthropologist.

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