Comparative History:

Betzig, Laura. 2009. Sex and politics in insects, crustaceans, birds, mammals, the Ancient Near East and the Bible. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 23: 208-232. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 2009. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? Politics and the Life Sciences, 28: 102-105. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 2008. Hunting kings. Journal of Cross Cultural Research, 41. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 2007. Fertility in the Bible and Ancient Near East. In Rick Goldberg, ed. Judaism in Biological Perspective. Boulder: Paragon Press.

Betzig, Laura. 2005. Politics as sex: The Old Testament case. Evolutionary Psychology, 3: 326-46. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 1996. Monarchy. In, The Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, David Levin and Melvin Ember, eds, pp. 803-5. NY: Henry Holt.

Betzig, Laura. 1996. Political succession. In,The Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, David Levinson and Melvin Ember, eds, pp. 975-79. NY: Holt.

Betzig, Laura. 1994. The point of politics. In Edgar Dahl, ed., “Sociology and Sociobiology,” special issue of Analyse & Kritik, 16: 20-37. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 1993. Sex, succession, and stratification in the first six civilizations: How powerful men reproduced, passed power on to their sons, and used power to defend their wealth, women and children. In Lee Ellis, ed. Social Stratification and Socioeconomic Inequality, v. 1, pp. 37-74. New York: Praeger.

Betzig, Laura, ed. 1992. Darwinian History. Special issue of Ethology and Sociobiology, 13: 303-552.

Betzig, Laura. 1992. Of human bonding: Cooperation or exploitation? Social Science Information, 31: 611-42. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 1990. Harem polygyny codes. World Cultures, 5 (2).

Betzig, Laura. 1990. Presence or absence of despotism. World Cultures, 5 (2).

Betzig, Laura. 1990. Why divorce? World Cultures, 5 (4).

Betzig, Laura. 1989. Causes of conjugal dissolution: A cross cultural study. Current Anthropology, 30: 654-76. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 1982. Despotism and differential reproduction: A cross cultural correlation of conflict asymmetry, hierarchy, and degree of polygyny. Ethology and Sociobiology, 3: 209-221.

Betzig, Laura. under review. Politics as sex: The Old Testament case. Submitted to Journal of Near Eastern Studies.

Europe:

Betzig, Laura. 2010. The end of the republic. In P. Kappeler and J. Silk, eds. Mind the Gap: Primate Behavior and Human Universals, pp. 153-68. Berlin: Springer Verlag. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 2002. British polygyny. In Malcolm Smith, ed. Human Biology and History, pp. 30-97. London: Taylor and Francis.

Betzig, Laura. 1997. Why a despot? In Laura Betzig, ed. Human Nature: A Critical Reader, pp. 399-401. New York: Oxford University Press.

Betzig, Laura. 1995. Medieval monogamy. Journal of Family History, 20: 181-215. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 1991. History. In Mary Maxwell, ed. The Sociobiological Imagination. New York: SUNY Press, pp. 131-40.

Betzig, Laura 1992. Roman polygyny. Ethology and Sociobiology, 13: 309-49. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 1992. Roman monogamy. Ethology and Sociobiology, 13: 351-83. PDF file

United States:

Betzig, Laura and Samantha Weber. 1995. Presidents preferred sons. Politics and the Life Sciences, 14: 61-64. PDF file

Betzig, Laura and Samantha Weber. 1993. Polygyny in American politics. Politics and the Life Sciences, 12: 1-8. PDF file

Betzig, Laura and Leslie Lombardo. 1992. Who’s pro-choice and why? Ethology and Sociobiology, 13: 49-71. PDF file

Ifaluk & Yap:

Betzig, Laura and Paul Turke. 1992. Fathering by rank on Ifaluk. In Barry Hewlett, ed. Father-Child Relations. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine-de Gruyter, pp. 111-29.

Betzig, Laura and Santus Wichimai. 1991. A not so perfect peace: A history of conflict on Ifaluk. Oceania, 61: 240-56.

Betzig, Laura, Alisa Harrigan and Paul Turke. 1989. Childcare on Ifaluk. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 114: 161-77.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Adoption by rank on Ifaluk. American Anthropologist, 90: 335-43.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Redistribution: Equity or exploitation? In, L. L. Betzig, M. Borgerhoff Mulder and P. W. Turke, eds. Human Reproductive Behavior: A Darwinian Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 49-63.

Betzig, Laura and Paul Turke. 1986. Food sharing on Ifaluk. Current Anthropology, 27: 397-400.

Betzig, Laura and Paul Turke. 1986. Parental investment by sex on Ifaluk. Ethology and Sociobiology, 7: 29-37.

Turke, Paul and Laura Betzig. 1985. Those who can do: Wealth, status, and reproductive success on Ifaluk. Ethology and Sociobiology, 6: 79-87.

Theory & Methods:

Betzig, Laura. 1998. Not whether to count babies, but which. In Charles Crawford and Dennis Krebs, eds. Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, pp. 265-73. New Jersey: Erlbaum.

Betzig, Laura. 1992. A little history of Darwinian history. Ethology and Sociobiology, 13: 303-7. PDF file

Betzig, Laura. 1989. Rethinking human ethology: A response to some recent critiques. Ethology and Sociobiology, 10: 315-24. PDF file

Betzig, Laura and Paul Turke. 1985. Measuring time allocation: Observation and intention. Current Anthropology, 26: 647-50.

Reviews & Comments:

Betzig, Laura. 2007. A farewell to Anglocentrism. Review of Geoffrey Clark’s A Farewell to Alms. Evolutionary Psychology, 5.

Betzig, Laura. 2005. Why rainbows are. Lead review of Joan Roughgarden’s Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People. Quarterly Review of Biology, 80: 219-223.

Betzig, Laura. 2005. Freedom to think. Review of Richard Dawkins’ The Devil’s Chaplain. Quarterly Review of Biology, 80: 341.

Betzig, Laura. 2004. Where’s the beef? It’s less about cooperation, more about competition. Comment on Michael Gurven’s “To Give or Give Not.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27. 561-62.

Betzig, Laura. 2003. The progress of ideas. Review of Michael Ruse’s Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? Quarterly Review of Biology, 78: 463.

Betzig, Laura. 2003. The idea of progress. Review of Michael Rose’s Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? Quarterly Review of Biology.

Betzig, Laura. 2002. Life in science. Review of Ernst Mayr’s What Evolution Is. Journal of Anthropological Research, 58: 409-10.

Betzig, Laura. 2002. Croaks and tails or teeth and claws? Review of Geoff Miller’s The Mating Mind. Psycholoquy, 13 (009).

Betzig, Laura. 2001. Why selection matters. Review of B. S. Low’s Why Sex Matters. Politics and the Life Sciences, 20: 135-36.

Betzig, Laura. 2001. Genes mean? Review of Terry Burnham & Jay Phelan’s Mean Genes. Quarterly Review of Biology, 76: 391.

Betzig, Laura. 2000. The rest of the story. Review of S. B. Hrdy’s Mother Nature. Evolution and Human Behavior, 20: 217-19.

Betzig, Laura. 1999. When women win. Comment on Anne Campbell’s “Staying alive: evolution, culture and women’s intrasexual aggression.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22: 55.

Betzig, Laura. 1997. People are animals. In Laura Betzig, ed. Human Nature: A Critical Reader, pp. 1-17. New York: Oxford University Press. PDF file (64k)

Betzig, Laura. 1997. Battles of the sexes. Review of Robin Baker’s Sperm Wars. Quarterly Review of Biology, 72: 236-37.

Betzig, Laura. 1997. Life as art. Review of Richard Dawkins’ Climbing Mount Improbable. Quarterly Review of Biology, 72. 466-67.

Betzig, Laura. 1997. What we’re becoming. Review of L. L. Cavalli-Sforza and F. Cavalli-Sforza’s The Great Human Diasporas: A History of Diversity and Evolution. Politics and the Life Sciences, 16: 323-24.

Betzig, Laura. 1996. Life history comes of age. Review of Kim Hill and Magdi Hurtado’s Ache Life History. Quarterly Review of Biology, 71: 605-6.

Betzig, Laura. 1995. Wanting women isn’t new; getting them is—very. Comment on Kevin MacDonald’s “Establishment and maintenance of socially imposed monogamy in Western Europe.” Politics and the Life Sciences, 14: 24-25.

Betzig, Laura. 1995. For love or country. Review of Robin Fox’s Reproduction and Succession. European Sociobiological Society Newsletter.

Betzig, Laura. 1995. Comment on Monique Borgerhoff Mulder’s “Bridewealth and its correlates: quantifying changes over time.” Current Anthropology, 36: 592.

Betzig, Laura. 1995. Comment on Christ Knight, Camilla Power & Ian Watts’ “The human symbolic revolution.” Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 5: 102-3.

Betzig, Laura. 1994. Ethology’s legacy. Review of Marian Dawkins et al., The Tinbergen Legacy. Human Ethology Newsletter.

Betzig, Laura. 1993. The matter of mind. Review of Jerome Barkow, Leda Cosmides and J.ohn Tooby’s The Adapted Mind. Ethology and Sociobiology, 14: .

Betzig, Laura. 1993. Where are the bastards’ daddies? Comment on Daniel Pérusse’s “Cultural and reproductive success in industrial societies.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16: 284-85.

Betzig, Laura. 1991. Chicken and egg. Review of Jerome Barkow’s Darwin Sex and Status and Donna Haraway’s Primate Visions. Contemporary Sociology, 20: 105-107.

Betzig, Laura. 1991. In search of Darwinism. Lead review of Carl Degler’s In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought. Quarterly Review of Biology, 66: 473-75.

Betzig, Laura. 1991. Review of Glendon Schubert and Roger Masters’ Primate Politics. Quarterly Review of Biology, 66: 521-22.

Betzig, Laura. 1991. A little more mortar for a firm foundation. Comment on Nancy Thornhill’s “Evolutionary theories of rules regulating incest and inbreeding.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 14: 264.

Betzig, Laura. 1990. Comment on Daniella Sieff's “Explaining biased sex ratios.” Current Anthropology, 31: 35.

Betzig, Laura. 1989. Whodunit and why. Review of Martin Daly and Margo Wilson’s Homicide. Contemporary Psychology, 34: 668-69.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Mating and parenting in Darwinian perspective. In, L. L. Betzig, M. Borgerhoff Mulder and P. W. Turke, eds. Human Reproductive Behaviour: A Darwinian Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 3-20.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Review of J. Wind and V. Reynolds’ Essays in Human Sociobiology volume II. American Anthropologist, 90: 480-81.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Review of Robin Dunbar’s Primate Social Behavior. Quarterly Review of Biology, 63: 484-85.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Comment on Bruce Knauft’s “Reconsidering violence.” Current Anthropology, 29: 624-25.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Comment on Douglas White’s “Rethinking polygyny,” Current Anthropology, 29: 559.

Betzig, Laura. 1986. Vaulting, leaping, skipping, and trudging ambition. Quarterly Review of Biology, 61: 517-21.

Betzig, Laura. 1985. Reply to Mealey and Young. Ethology and Sociobiology, 6: 77-78.

Turke, Paul and Laura Betzig. 1983. On testing sociobiological theory: A reply to Handwerker and Crosbie. American Anthropologist, 85: 409-10.

Betzig, Laura. 1994. Sex in history. Michigan Today, 26: 1-3.

Betzig, Laura. 1994. EHB is dead: Long live EHB. Michigan Today, 26: 3.

Betzig, Laura. 1988. Mothering on Ifaluk. Mothering, 48: 13-16.