Human Behavior Popular Articles

16. The New York Times (Science Times), July 8, 2003. Angier, Natalie, "Opposites attract? Not in real life."

15. New Scientist.com, June 30, 2003. "Opposites do not attract in mating game".

14. The Family Journal, (October 1999), Vol. 7:408-413. Kaplan, D. M. and Vanduser, M. L. "Evolution and Stepfamilies: An Interview with Dr. Stephen T. Emlen". (This interview describes the logic behind using animal studies to better understand dysfunction in human families.) (The Family Journal is the official publication of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors).

13. Family Systems, (November 1998), Vol. 4(2):185-192. Papero, D. V. "Stephen Emlen: The Biological Basis of the Family." (Family Systems is a professional journal of natural systems thinking in psychiatry and the sciences, published by the Georgetown Family Center in Washington, D.C.).

12. The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, (March 2, 1998). "An Evolutionary Theory of the Family", newspaper article by Lee Alan Dugatkin.

11. New York Times (Science Times), (February 10, 1998). "Genetic ties may be factor in violence in stepfamilies," by Jane E. Brodie.

10. Discover Magazine, (October 1997), pp. 80-90. Hively, W. "Family man". (A "profile article on Stephen Emlen and his work with avian and human family dynamics.).

9. Conocer Magazine, (September 1997), Vol. :63-70. Small, M. "It's all in the family", (This article, (Todo queda en la familia) is a Spanish popular summary of Emlen's work on human and avian family dynamics.)

8. London Daily Telegraph, (February 15, 1997). "Genetic bond explains risk to step-children".

7. The Living Bird, (Summer 1996), Vol. 15: 30-34. Demong, N.J., and Emlen, S.T. "All in the Family". (An article describing the relevance of studies of bird families for understanding human family dynamics). (The Living Bird is the magazine of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology).

6. The American Scientist, (March/April 1995), 83:148-157. Emlen, S.T., Wregem P.H., and Demong, N.J. "Making decisions in the family: an evolutionary perspective." (Reprinted in Exploring Animal Behavior: Readings from American Scientist, P. W. Sherman and J. Alcock, eds., Sinauer Associates, 2nd Edition, 1997).

5. New York Times (Science Times), (August 29, 1995). "New View of Family: Unstable But Wealth Helps," by Natalie Angier. (An article describing Emlen's evolutionary theory of the family.)

4. Mosaic Magazine, (Spring 1991), Vol 22(1):3-17. Fisher, Arthur, "Sociobiology: A new synthesis comes of age, Part II: How different are humans?" (A special report on the progress of sociobiology some fifteen years after the publication of E.O. Wilson's Treatise. Discusses the importance of studies of cooperation and conflict in animal societies and its relevance to humans. Drawing heavily on Emlen's work on bee-eaters.). (Mosaic Magazine is a publication of the National Science Foundation).

3. AAAS Symposium, (1980), Emlen, S.T. "Ecological determinism and sociobiology." In: Sociobiology: beyond Nature/Nurture. G. W. Barlow and J. Silverberg, eds. American Association for the Advancement of Science, selected symposium 35:125-150, Westview Press, Boulder, CO. (An article emphasizing the importance of behavioral ecology theory in predicting the impact of foreign aid projects on the social structure of recipient cultures.) Abstract.

2. Mosaic Magazine, (March/April 1979), Vol.10(2):30-38. Pfeifer, J. "Seeking Human Origins: Cultural evolution". (Discusses the relevance of avian studies to understanding human behavior and draws on Emlen's work on altruism in extended families of bee-eaters.) (Mosaic Magazine is a publication of the National Science Foundation).

1. Science Magazine, (1976)192:736-738. Emlen, S.T. "An alternative case for sociobiology". (A short article emphasizing how flexibile behaviors can still be genetically influenced, and thus how an evolutionary perspective can allow predictions about human behavior.)