The transition from stagnation to growth and the associated phenomenon of the great
divergence have been the subject of an intensive research in the growth literature in recent …

Lowest‐low fertility, defined as a period total fertility rate at or below 1.3, has rapidly spread
in Europe during the 1990s. This article traces the emergence of this new phenomenon to …

Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

Résumé Cet article présente un aperçu des recherches dans le domaine de la fécondité
réalisées dans les sociétés dites avancées, c'est-à-dire les sociétés dans lesquelles le …

For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent. Then,
about two centuries ago, some nations began to emerge from this epoch of economic …

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between
the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species …

The use of socially learned information (culture) is central to human adaptations. We
investigate the hypothesis that the process of cultural evolution has played an active …

Recent years have seen the birth of sociogenomics via the infusion of molecular genetic
data. We chronicle the history of genetics, focusing particularly on post-2005 genome-wide …

Economic and rational‐choice theories suggest that individuals form unions or have children
because these decisions increase their subjective well‐being or “happiness.” We investigate …

This paper reexamines the relationship between status and reproductive success (at the
ultimate and proximate levels) using data on sex frequency and number of biological …