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#38 Monique Borgerhoff Mulder: Evolutionary Anthropology, Gender Roles, Sexual Selection


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Dr. Monique Borgerhoff Mulder trained as a social anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh, and received a Ph.D. at Northwestern University. After a post doc at the Evolution and Human Behavior Program at the University of Michigan, she joined the UC Davis Anthropology (Evolutionary Wing) faculty, where she is now a Distinguished Professor. Professor Borgerhoff Mulder is a human behavioral ecologist (HBE) working on projects relating to life history, inequality, natural resource management, and patterned cultural variation.

Here, we talk about what is Evolutionary Anthropology; the conciliation between Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavioral Ecology; the role of biology and culture in determining gender roles; how the studies done with the Pimbwe add nuance to the study of gender roles; the importance of sexual selection in the creation and exaggeration of sexual dimorphisms; what factors influence reproductive skew in humans; the interaction between mating, parenting and subsistence in the behavior directed at offspring; how the number of mates and the number of years spent with each mate influence fitness; mate selection in different ecological conditions; the problem with romanticizing hunter-gatherer and prehistorical peoples.

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A Dra. Monique Borgerhoff Mulder teve formação como antropóloga social na Universidade de Edinburgh, e recebeu um doutoramento pela Universidade de Northwestern. Após um pós-doutoramento no Evolution and Human Behavior Program da Universidade de Michigan, juntou-se à faculdade de Antropologia (Ramo Evolutivo) da UC Davis, onde é agora Professora Honorária. A Professora Borgerhoff Mulder é uma ecologista comportamental humana, trabalhando em projetos relacionados com história de vida, desigualdade, gestão de recursos naturais, e variação cultural padronizada.

Aqui, falamos sobre o que é a Antropologia Evolutiva; a conciliação entre a Psicologia Evolutiva e a Ecologia Comportamental Humana; o papel da biologia e da cultura na determinação dos papéis de género; como os estudos feitos na tribo dos Pimbwe dão nuance ao estudo dos papéis de género; a importância da seleção sexual na criação e exagero das dismorfias sexuais; que fatores influenciam a reprodução assimétrica nos humanos; a interação entre acasalamento, parentalidade e subsistência no comportamento dirigido à prole; como é que o número de parceiros e o número de anos partilhados com cada parceiro influenciam o fitness; seleção de parceiro em diferentes condições ecológicas; o problema com a romantização dos caçadores-coletores e povos pré-históricos. 

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Faculty page: http://anthropology.ucdavis.edu/people/fzborger

Her books: https://www.amazon.com/Monique-Borgerhoff-Mulder/e/B001H6U2MM

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