Publications

  • Macfarlan, SJ, Schacht, R, Forrest, I, Swanson, A, Moses, C, Cowley, K & Henrickson, CN (2024). Historical mortality dynamics on the Baja California peninsula: Marriage, mining booms, migration, and infectious disease. Human Nature. Accepted, 03/01/2024.
  • Vernon, KB, Codding, BF, Brewer, S & Macfarlan, SJ (2024). Market integration mediates human-environment interactions among traditional ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sustainability Science. Accepted, 02/25/2024.
  • Page, AE, Macfarlan, SJ & Sear, R (2023). Women’s subsistence strategies predict fertility across cultures, but context matters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Vol. 121(9), e2318181121. Published, 12/27/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318181121
  • Macfarlan, SJ, Schacht, R, McCool, WC, Davis, CA, Yerman, AD, Higuera Landeros, FJ & Amador Amador, M (2023). Decision-making under climate shocks and economic insecurity: Ranching in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico. Evolution and Human Behavior. Vol. 44(5), 515-523. Published, 09/01/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2023.07.001
  • Magargal, K, Yellowman, J, Chee, S, Wabel, M, Macfarlan, SJ & Codding, BF (2023). Firewood and energy sovereignty on Navajo Nation. Human Ecology. Vol. 51, 497-511. Published, 06/24/2023.
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10745-0...
  • Ross, CT, Macfarlan, SJ & Borgerhoff Mulder, M (2023). Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Vol. 120(22), e2220124120. Published, 05/22/2023.
    https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2220124120
  • Lerback J, Bowen B, Macfarlan SJ, Schniter E & Garcia JJ (2022). Development of a graphical resilience framework to understand a coupled human-natural system in a remote arid highland of Baja California Sur. Sustainability Science. Vol. 17, 1059–1076. Published, 03/04/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01101-6
  • Davis C, Redhead D & Macfarlan SJ (2022). Political alliance formation and cooperation networks in the Utah State legislature. Human Nature. Vol. 33. Published, 02/18/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-021-09420-w
  • Lerback J, Bowen B, Humphrey CE, Fernandez DP, Bernau JA, Macfarlan SJ, Schniter E & Garcia JJ (2022). Geochemistry and provenance of springs in a Baja California Sur mountain catchment. Groundwater. Vol. 60, 295-308. Published, 01/18/2022.
    http://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13177
  • Garfield Z, Schacht R, Post E, Ingram D, Uehling A & Macfarlan SJ (Corresponding Author) (2021). The content and structure of reputation domains across human societies: a view from the evolutionary social sciences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Vol. 376, 20200296. Published, 10/04/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0296
  • Schacht, Ryan, Hollinghaus M, Hanson H, Macfarlan SJ , Tharp D, Bruckner T & Smith K (2021). Frail males on the American frontier: the role of environmental harshness on sex ratios at birth across a period of rapid industrialization. Social Science. Vol. 10, 319. Published, 08/24/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090319
  • Macfarlan, S.J., Schacht R, Bourland I, Kapp S, Glad T, Lewis L, Claflin S, Darmiento N, Clegg T, Thorpe C, Peppelar T, Nguyen B, Hall RG, Davis CS, Santiago M & Henrickson C (2021). NDVI predicts birth seasonality in historical Baja California Sur, Mexico: Adaptive responses to arid ecosystems and the North American Monsoon. Biodemography and Social Biology. Vol. 66, 145-155. Published, 06/28/2021.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2020.1870924
  • Schniter E, Macfarlan SJ, Garcia JJ, Ruiz-Campos G, Guevara-Beltran D, Bowen BB & Lerback JC (2021). Age appropriate wisdom? Ethnobiological knowledge ontogeny in Pastoralist Mexico. Human Nature. Vol. 32, 48-83. Published, 04/23/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-021-09387-8
  • Schacht R, Macfarlan SJ, Meeks H, Cervantes PL & Morales F (2020). Male Survival Advantage on the Baja California Peninsula. Biology Letters. 20200600. Published, 11/2020.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0660
  • Macfarlan, S.J., Schacht R, Schniter E, Garcia JJ, Guevara Beltran D & Lerback J (2020). The role of dispersal and school attendance on reproductive dynamics in small, dispersed populations: Choyeros of Baja California Sur, Mexico. PLOS One. Vol. 15, e0239523. Published, 10/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239523
  • Macfarlan SJ, Schacht R, Foley C, Cahoon S, Osusky G, Vernon KB, Tayler E, Henrickson C, Schniter E. 2020. Marriage dynamics in old Lower California: Ecological constraints and reproductive value in an arid peninsular frontier. Biodemography and Social Biology 65(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2020.1728685. Published, 03/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2020.1728685
  • Post ER, Macfarlan SJ. 2020. Tracking cross-cultural gender bias in reputations. Cross Cultural Research. 54:1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397120910429. Published, 03/2020.
  • Macfarlan SJ, Quinlan RJ, Post E. 2019. Emergent matriliny in a matrifocal, patrilineal population: A male coalitionary perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374(1780). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0073. Published, 07/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0073
  • Koster J, Dieter L, Nolin D, Power E, Alvergne A, Mace R, Ross C, Kramer K, Greaves R, Caudell M, Macfarlan S, Schniter E, Quinlan R, Mattison S, Reynolds A, Yi-Sum C, Massengil E. 2019. Kinship ties across the lifespan in human communities: Implications for reproductive conflict theory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374(1780). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0069. Published, 07/2019.
    https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rst...
  • Macfarlan SJ, Garcia JJ, Schniter E, Guevara Beltran D, Amador Bibo JG, Ruiz-Campos G. 2019. Geographic Distribution: Elgaria velazquezi (Central Baja California Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 50(1):10. Published, 01/2019.
  • Macfarlan SJ, Erickson P, Yost J, Regalado J, Jaramillo L, Beckerman S. 2018. Bands of Brothers and In-Laws: Waorani Warfare, Marriage, and Alliance Formation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 20181859. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1859.. Published, 10/2018.
    https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.109...
  • Macfarlan SJ, Remiker M. 2018. Cultural multi-level selection and biological market theory explains the coupled dynamics of labor exchange cooperation and social support. Sustainability Science 13(1):59-70 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0481-x. Published, 01/2018.
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-0...
  • Macfarlan SJ. 2016. Social evolution: The force of the market. Current Biology 26(16): R756-R758 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.041. Published, 08/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.041
  • Macfarlan SJ, Lyle H. 2015. Multiple reputation domains and cooperative behavior in two Latin American communities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.370(1683):20150009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0009. Published, 07/2015.
  • Hruschka D, Hackman J, Macfarlan SJ. 2015. Why do humans help their friends? Proximal and ultimate hypotheses from evolutionary theory. In Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology, V. Zeigler-Hill, L. Welling, and T. Shackelford (Eds). Pp. 255-166. Springer: New York. Published, 05/2015.
  • Chagnon N, Macfarlan SJ. 2015. Yanomamö: The sociobiology people. In Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences, J.H. Turner, Machalek, A. Maryansk (Eds.). Pp 114-121. Paradigm Publishers: Boulder, CO. Published, 04/2015.
  • Macfarlan SJ, Walker RS, Flinn MV, Chagnon NA. 2014. Lethal coalitionary aggression and long-term alliance formation among Yanomamö men. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA doi:10.1073/pnas.1418639111. Published, 11/2014.
    http://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16662.full
  • Perry G, Daly M, Macfarlan SJ. 2014. Maternal foster families provide more stable placements than paternal families. Children and Youth Services Review https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.08.016. Published, 10/2014.
  • Macfarlan SJ. 2014. Review of Sterelny K, Joyce R, Calcott B, Fraser B, editors. Cooperation and It’s Evolution (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2013). American Journal of Human Biology 26(2). (DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22516). Published, 04/2014.
  • Hess NH, Macfarlan SJ. 2013. Review of Daniel J. Hrushka’s Friendship: Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010). Human Nature. (DOI: 10.1007/s12110-0139175-y). Published, 06/2013.
  • Macfarlan SJ, Remiker M. 2013. The Good, the Bad, and the Changed: The Science of Reputations. Meeting at Grand Central Station: A blog about cooperation. http://meetingatgrandcentral.com/2013/05/11/the-good-the-bad-and-the-changed-the- science-of-reputations/. Published, 05/2013.
    http://meetingatgrandcentral.com/2013/05/11/the-go...
  • Macfarlan SJ, Quinlan R, Remiker M. 2013. Cooperative Behaviour and Prosocial Reputation Dynamics in a Dominican Village. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280(1761):20130557 (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0557). Published, 05/01/2013.
    http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280...
  • Davis LG, Willis SC, Macfarlan SJ. 2012. Lithic technology, cultural transmission, and the nature of the Far Western Paleoarchaic-Paleoindian co-tradition. In Meetings at the Margins: Prehistoric Cultural Interactions in the Intermountain West, D. Rhode (Ed). Pp. 47-64. University Utah Press. Published, 06/2012.
  • Macfarlan SJ. 2012. Political ecology of the Sierra de la Giganta oases. Anthropologies 15. http://www.anthropologiesproject.org/2012/11/political-ecology-of-sierra-de-la.html. Published, 06/2012.
    http://www.anthropologiesproject.org/2012/11/polit...
  • Lynch Alfaro JW, Mathews L, Boyette AH, Macfarlan SJ, Phillips KA, Falotico T, Ottoni E, Verderane M, Izar P, Schulte M, Melin A, Fedigan L, Janson C, Alfaro ME. 2011. Anointing variation across wild capuchin monkey populations: a review of material preferences, bout frequency, and anointing in Cebus and Sapajus. American Journal of Primatology 74:299-314. Published, 04/2012.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajp.209...
  • Davis LG, Macfarlan SJ, Henrickson CN. 2012. A PXRF-Based Chemostratigraphy and Provenience System for the Cooper’s Ferry Site, Idaho. Journal of Archaeological Science. 39(3):663-671. Published, 03/2012.
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
  • Macfarlan SJ, Remiker M, Quinlan R. 2012. Competitive altruism explains labor exchange variation in a Dominican village. Current Anthropology. 35(1):118-124. Published, 02/2012.
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663700
  • Balliet D, Li NP, Macfarlan SJ, Van Vugt M. 2011. Sex differences in cooperation: A meta- analytic review of social dilemmas. Psychological Bulletin. 137(6):881-909. Published, 11/2011.
    http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.display...
  • Macfarlan SJ. 2011. The Dual-Role method and Ultimatum Game performance. Field Methods 23(1):102-114. Published, 02/2011.
    http://fmx.sagepub.com/content/23/1/102.abstract
  • Macfarlan SJ, Henrickson CN. 2010. Inferring relationships between indigenous Baja California Sur and Seri/Comcáac populations through cultural traits. The Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 30(1): 51-68. Published, 11/2010.
  • Hewlett B. Macfarlan S. 2010. Fathers’ Roles in Hunter-Gatherer and Other Small Scale Cultures. In The Role of the Father in Child Development, 5th Ed. M.E. Lamb (Ed.). Pp.413-434. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons. Published, 06/2010.
  • Macfarlan SJ, Quinlan R. 2008. Kinship, family, and gender effects in the Ultimatum Game. Human Nature 19:294-309. Published, 07/31/2008.
    http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-00...
  • Goodale NB, Kuijt I, Macfarlan SJ, Osterhoudt C, Finlayson B. 2008. Lithic Core Reduction Techniques: Modeling Expected Diversity. In Lithic Technologies W. Andrefsky (Ed.). Pp. 317-335. Cambridge University Press. Published, 06/2008.
  • Macfarlan SJ, Johnson E. 2003.Education collections as museum collections. Curator 46(1):101-113. Published, 01/2004.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2151-...
  • Macfarlan SJ. 2001. A consideration of museum education collections: Theory and application. Curator 44(2):166-178. Published, 04/2001.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2151-...

Research Keywords

  • Sustainability
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Reputations & Status
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Economic & Ecological Anthropology
  • Cooperation

Presentations

  • Macfarlan, SJ (2024). People of the Forgotten Peninsula: Cultural & Ecological Explorations of Baja California Sur. Conserva Loreto and Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Loreto, BCS, Mexico. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/09/2024.
  • Macfarlan, SJ & Henrickson CN. (2023). Using the “Guía Familiar de Baja California: 1700-1900” (Martinez 1965) to reconstruct Baja Californian population dynamics. Society for California Archaeology: Southern Data Sharing. Ensenada, BC. Mexico. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/21/2023.
  • Macfarlan, SJ. 2023. Human-Ecosystem Dynamics on the Forgotten Peninsula: A Historical, Demographic, and Ethnographic Exploration of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Anthropology Lecture Series. Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/29/2023.
  • Macfarlan, SJ. 2022. Human-Ecosystem Dynamics on the Forgotten Peninsula: A Historical, Demographic, and Ethnographic Exploration of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Todos Santos Speaker Series. Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/03/2022.
  • Macfarlan, SJ. 2022. Human-Ecosystem Dynamics on the Forgotten Peninsula: A Historical, Demographic, and Ethnographic Exploration of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Evolution of Social Complexity Colloquium. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/23/2022.
    https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCdYBafie3SCsLLvG1th...
  • Macfarlan, SJ & Davis C. 2022. Birth Seasonality, Neonate Health, and Climate Change. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 03/23/2022.
  • Macfarlan, SJ. 2022. Centering Traditional Knowledge: Research Collaborations with Indigenous Communities and Other Local Partners. CSBS Social Solutions Series. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/10/2022.
  • Macfarlan, SJ. 2022. Human-Ecosystem Dynamics on the Forgotten Peninsula: A Historical, Demographic, and Ethnographic Exploration of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Global Change & Sustainability Center Seminar. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/01/2022.
    https://670542.kaf.kaltura.com/media/Shane+Macfarl...
  • Macfarlan, SJ & Davis C. 2021. The North American Monsoon, Seasonal Energy Flux, and Birth Seasonality in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Utah Demography Summit. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/12/2021.
  • Macfarlan, SJ. 2021. Historical and evolutionary demography of the Forgotten Peninsula: Adaptive responses to arid ecosystems and small populations on the Baja California frontier. Evolutionary Anthropology Seminar Series. University College London. London. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2021.
  • Macfarlan SJ. 2019. The role of dispersal and education on reproductive dynamics in small populations. Department of Anthropology Speaker Series. Pennsylvania State University. Happy valley, PA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2019.
  • Macfarlan, SJ. 2019. Marriage Dynamics in Old Lower California: Ecological Constraints, Reproductive Value, and Changing Gender Norms. Utah Demography Summit. Brigham Young University: Provo, UT. Poster, Presented, 10/2019.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2019. Managing Life in the Desert: Choyero Cultural Dynamics & Sustainability Challenges in BCS, Mexico. IFREE/ESI Lecture Series. Chapman University. Orange, CA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2019.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F4oQECssbQ&featur...
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2019. Peoples & Cultures of Todos Santos: A Pirate, A Padre, & a Partera. Todos Santos Speaker Series. Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2018. Contextualizing Your Research. Undergraduate Research Education Series. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2018.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2018. Marriage & Reproductive Dynamics, in a Traditional Ranchero Population: genetic Relatedness, Age at Marriage, & Inter-Community Dispersal. Demography Summit. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. Poster, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2018. Bands of Brothers and In-Laws: Waorani Warfare, Marriage, and Alliance Formation. Northwest Evolution, Ecology, & Human Behavior Symposium. Boise, ID. Presentation, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Macfarlan, S.J., J.J. Garcia, E. Schniter, C. Hoagstrom. 2018. Cultural Values and Knowledge Associated with the Aridland Springs of the Sierra de La Giganta of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Presentation, Presented, 04/2018.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2018. Bands of Brothers and Inlaws: Waorani Warfare, Friendship, and Marriage. Anthropology Department Speaker Series. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/23/2018.
    https://dept.camden.rutgers.edu/public-humanities/...
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2018. The Cultures and Characters of Todos Santos. Todos Santos Speaker Series. Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/10/2018.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2017. Birth, death, and marriage in 19th century Todos Santos: The historical demography of a “Pueblo Mágico.” Colorado State University Todos Santos Center. Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/04/2017.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2017. Labor exchange and social support in a smallholder economy: Integrating behavioral ecology and political ecology theory. University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/13/2017.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2017. Oasiana-Ranchero Culture and Aridland Spring Water Management in the Sierra de La Giganta, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Society for Applied Anthropology: Santa Fe, NM. Presentation, Presented, 03/30/2017.
  • Post, E., Sime, A., Macfarlan, S. 2017. Reputation Domains Employed Cross-Culturally. Society for Cross-Cultural Research Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA. Poster, Presented, 03/02/2017.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2017. Los Californios & Aridland Spring Sustainability. Global Climate and Sustainability Center Justice Mixer. Salt Lake City, UT. Presentation, Presented, 03/01/2017.
  • Macfarlan, S.J. 2016. Reputation Dynamics, Social Markets, and the Emergence of Leaders in a Dominican Village. California State University – Fullerton Anthropology Invited Speakers Colloquium. Fullerton, CA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2016.
  • Multiple Reputations, Cooperation, & Leadership in a Dominican Village. Society for Cross-Cultural Research Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. Presentation, Presented, 02/2016.
  • Warfare, Marriage, and Friendship in Yanomamö-land. SFU Human Evolutionary Studies Program’s 4th annual symposium. Vancouver, BC, Canada. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2015.
  • Demografía histórica y la dinámica de la población local en el siglo XIX, B.C.S., Mexico. Symposio Internacional de Antropología, Historia y Estudios Culturales de Las Tres Californias. La Paz, BCS, Mexico. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2014.
  • Warfare, Marriage, and Friendship in Yanomamö-land. Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series. Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2014.
  • Bargaining Behavior in a Dominican Village: Network Centrality, Bargaining Power, and the Ultimatum Game’s External Validity. American Anthropological Association Annual Meet, Chicago, IL. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2013.
  • Yanomamö Grandparents. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting. Miami, FL. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2013.
  • Cooperative Reputations, Labor Exchange, and Mutual Insurance in a Dominican Community. NESCent Catalysis Meeting. Durham, N.C. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2013.
  • Empirical Analysis of Network Structure and Wealth Inequality: First Steps. Santa Fe Institute Working Group on Network Structure, Political Hierarchy and Economic Inequality. Santa Fe, NM. Presentation, Presented, 02/2013.
  • Land, Labor Contracts, and Wealth Accumulation in a Dominican Village. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2012.
  • Reputation Dynamics in a Dominican Village. Washington State University- Vancouver. Vancouver, WA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2012.
  • Reputation Dynamics in a Dominican Village. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2012.
  • Labor Exchange and the Social Market for Male Relationships in Dominica. School of Language Culture and Society. Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2012.
  • Reputation Dynamics in a Dominican Village. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. Poster, Presented, 04/2012.
  • Reputation Dynamics in a Dominican Village. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2011.
  • Culture History, Geography, and Sustainable Development of an Oasiana Ranchero Community in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Instituto Nacional de Anthropologia y Historia Annual Bi-National Meeting. Mexicali, Mexico. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2011.
  • Analysis of Archaeological Materials from Cueva Santa Rita, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA. Poster, Presented, 04/2011.
  • Social Networks, Labor Exchange, and the Biologic Market for Male Relationships in a Dominican Village. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2010.
  • Ultimatum Game Behavior in a Dominican Village: Cooperative Types, Cultural Frames, and External Validity. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting. Eugene, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2010.
  • Sex Differences in Cooperation: A Meta-Analytic Review of Social Dilemmas. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting. Eugene, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2010.
  • An Evolutionary Perspective on Sex Differences in Experimental Trust Games: A Meta-Analytic Review. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Meeting. Eugene. Poster, Presented, 06/2010.
  • The Dual Role Method and Ultimatum Game Performance: Evidence of Cooperative Types in a Dominican Village. Society for Anthropological Sciences Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/2010.
  • The Logic of Labor Exchange in a Dominican Village. American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2009.
  • Experimental Games, Social Networks, and Cultural Models of Fairness. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. Poster, Presented, 11/2009.
  • Reciprocity, not Kinship Explains Labor Exchange in a Dominican Village. Human Behavior and Evolution Annual Meeting. Fullerton, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2009.
  • The Logic of Labor Exchange in a Dominican Village. Society for Anthropological Sciences Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/2009.
  • The Logic of Labor Exchange in a Dominican Village. Northwest Anthropological Conference Annual Meeting. Newport, Oregon. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2009.
  • Geochemical Solutions For Geoarchaeological Problems in the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2009.
  • 2008 Kinship, Family, and Gender Effects in the Ultimatum Game. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2008.
  • The Socio-Ecology of Bay Oil Production in a Dominican Village. Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2008.
  • Take-It or Leave-It: Effects of Personal Attribute Data on Payoff Performances in the Ultimatum Game. AAA Annual Meeting. Washington D.C. Poster, Presented, 11/2005.
  • Building Museum and School Partnerships. Texas Association of Museums. Lubbock, Texas. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/2002.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • The Effect of Reproductive Timing and Pace on Sex-Based Mortality Risks . PI: Shane Macfarlan. Faculty Small Grant Program - University of Utah, 12/2020 - 11/2022. Total project budget to date: $4,275.00
  • Resilience and Justice in the Local Food System: Understanding Mutual Aid in the Time of COVID-19. PI: Adrienne Cachelin. Co-PI(s): Shane Macfarlan. NEXUS Pilot Grant University of Utah, 06/2020 - 05/2021. Total project budget to date: $12,500.00
  • Uncovering the Framework for Spring Sustainability in Complex Socio-hydrological Systems in the Remote Arid Highland of Baja California Sur, Mexico. PI: Brenda Bowen. Co-PI(s): Shane Macfarlan. https://nexus.utah.edu/resources/pilot2019.php. NEXUS Pilot Grant University of Utah, 05/2019 - 05/2020. Total project budget to date: $15,000.00
  • CNH-L: Dynamic Impacts of Environmental Change and Biomass Harvesting on Woodland Ecosystems and Traditional Livelihoods. PI: Brian Codding. Co-PI(s): Ramesh Shrestha (Co-Principal Investigator) Philip Dennison (Co-Principal Investigator) William Anderegg (Co-Principal Investigator) Courtenay Strong (Co-Principal Investigator). National Science Foundation, 09/01/2017 - 02/28/2022. Total project budget to date: $1,470,534.00
  • Historical Demography and Local Population History of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. PI: Shane J Macfarlan. Center for Latin American Studies - University of Utah, 06/2017 - 07/2017. Total project budget to date: $1,100.00
  • Hydrologic Systems, Human Consumption, & Aridland Spring Sustainability: A Cross-Site Comparison. PI: Shane J. Macfarlan. Co-PI(s): Brenda Bowen. Society, Water, & Climate University of Utah, 05/24/2017 - 05/24/2018. Total project budget to date: $10,000.00
  • Oasiana-Ranchero Culture & Aridland Spring Sustainability in Baja California Sur, Mexico. PI: Shane J Macfarlan. Center for Latin American Studies - University of Utah, 05/2016 - 06/2016. Total project budget to date: $1,500.00

Research/Scholarship Projects

  • Group-Level Reputations and Cultural Group Selection. PI: Shane J. Macfarlan. 01/2017 - present.
  • The effect of social networks on inequality: A longitudinal cross-cultural investigation. PI: Jeremy Koster. Co-PI(s): Paul Hopper. 09/01/2016 - 08/31/2021.
  • Dynamics of Social Organization, Ecological Knowledge and Water Quality in the Context of Gold Mining in Ecuador. PI: Bill Johnson. Co-PI(s): Shane J Macfarlan. 07/2015 - present.

Languages

  • Spanish, functional.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Dominica
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Mexico
    Baja California Sur.