Abstract
Behavioral ecology is the study of adaptive behavior in relation to social and environmental circumstances. Analysts working from this perspective hold that the reproductive strategies and decision-making capacities of all living organisms—including humans—are shaped by natural selection. Archaeologists have been using this proposition in the study of past human behavior for more than 30 years. Significant insights on variation in prehistoric human subsistence, life history, social organization, and their respective fossil and archaeological consequences have been among the more important results.
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We thank Doug Price, Gary Feinman, and Linda Nicholas for editorial encouragement and remarkable patience. We are also grateful to Jim Allen, Adrian Burke, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Jim Boone, Jack Broughton, Mike Cannon, Bob Elston, Don Grayson, Kristen Hawkes, Jamie Jones, Bob Kelly, Doug Kennett, Steve Kuhn, Karen Lupo, Brian MacEanany, Duncan Metcalfe, Chris Parker, Brian Robinson, Paul Roscoe, Steve Simms, Eric Smith, Mary Stiner, Bruce Winterhalder, Polly Wiessner, Dave Zeanah, and, of course, John Beaton for advice, bibliographic direction, and comments on earlier drafts.
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Bird, D.W., O’Connell, J.F. Behavioral Ecology and Archaeology. J Archaeol Res 14, 143–188 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-006-9003-6
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