| Human behavioral ecology: current research and future prospects D Nettle, MA Gibson, DW Lawson, R Sear Behavioral Ecology 24 (5), 1031-1040, 2013 | 331 | 2013 |
| Trade-offs in modern parenting: a longitudinal study of sibling competition for parental care DW Lawson, R Mace Evolution and Human Behavior 30 (3), 170-183, 2009 | 246 | 2009 |
| Parental investment and the optimization of human family size DW Lawson, R Mace Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 …, 2011 | 234 | 2011 |
| Low fertility increases descendant socioeconomic position but reduces long-term fitness in a modern post-industrial society A Goodman, I Koupil, DW Lawson Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1746), 4342-4351, 2012 | 200 | 2012 |
| Sibling configuration and childhood growth in contemporary British families DW Lawson, R Mace International Journal of Epidemiology 37 (6), 1408-1421, 2008 | 157 | 2008 |
| The life-history trade-off between fertility and child survival DW Lawson, A Alvergne, MA Gibson Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1748), 4755-4764, 2012 | 155 | 2012 |
| No evidence that polygynous marriage is a harmful cultural practice in northern Tanzania DW Lawson, S James, E Ngadaya, B Ngowi, SGM Mfinanga, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (45), 13827-13832, 2015 | 127 | 2015 |
| “Child marriage” in context: exploring local attitudes towards early marriage in rural Tanzania SB Schaffnit, M Urassa, DW Lawson Sexual and reproductive health matters 27 (1), 93-105, 2019 | 124 | 2019 |
| Understanding variation in human fertility: what can we learn from evolutionary demography? R Sear, DW Lawson, H Kaplan, MK Shenk Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016 | 123 | 2016 |
| Facial fluctuating asymmetry is not associated with childhood ill-health in a large British cohort study N Pound, DW Lawson, AM Toma, S Richmond, AI Zhurov, IS Penton-Voak Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1792), 20141639, 2014 | 123 | 2014 |
| Optimizing modern family size: trade-offs between fertility and the economic costs of reproduction DW Lawson, R Mace Human Nature 21, 39-61, 2010 | 116 | 2010 |
| Hard to handle: understanding mothers’ handwashing behaviour in Ghana BE Scott, DW Lawson, V Curtis Health policy and Planning 22 (4), 216-224, 2007 | 114 | 2007 |
| Ethnicity and child health in northern Tanzania: Maasai pastoralists are disadvantaged compared to neighbouring ethnic groups DW Lawson, M Borgerhoff Mulder, ME Ghiselli, E Ngadaya, B Ngowi, ... PloS one 9 (10), e110447, 2014 | 108 | 2014 |
| The offspring quantity–quality trade-off and human fertility variation DW Lawson, M Borgerhoff Mulder Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016 | 103 | 2016 |
| Siblings and childhood mental health: evidence for a later-born advantage DW Lawson, R Mace Social Science & Medicine 70 (12), 2061-2069, 2010 | 100 | 2010 |
| Sending children to school: rural livelihoods and parental investment in education in northern Tanzania S Hedges, MB Mulder, S James, DW Lawson Evolution and human behavior 37 (2), 142-151, 2016 | 88 | 2016 |
| “Modernization” increases parental investment and sibling resource competition: evidence from a rural development initiative in Ethiopia MA Gibson, DW Lawson Evolution and Human Behavior 32 (2), 97-105, 2011 | 84 | 2011 |
| Cross-cultural research must prioritize equitable collaboration M Urassa, DW Lawson, J Wamoyi, E Gurmu, MA Gibson, P Madhivanan, ... Nature Human Behaviour 5 (6), 668-671, 2021 | 70 | 2021 |
| Polygynous marriage and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: What is the evidence for harm? DW Lawson, MA Gibson Demographic Research 39, 177-208, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| Applying evolutionary anthropology MA Gibson, DW Lawson Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 24 (1), 3-14, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
Mhairi GibsonUniversity of BristolVerified email at bristol.ac.uk
