Napoleon A. Chagnon

chapter  3 20 Pages Polygyny, Family Structure, and Child Mortality A Prospective Study among the Dogon of Mali In a study of polygyny and female fitness among the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, the author attempts to overcome the methodological problems of studies by measuring female fecundability and child mortality prospectively. She measures female fecundability from two years of data on menstrual hut attendance, as corroborated by hormonal profiles.

Significance Humans, like chimpanzees, engage in coalitionary violence: Members of both species coordinate lethal activity against conspecifics. The origin and adaptive functions of this behavior are poorly understood, and data from tribal populations are rare. We examine the composition of lethal coalitions from the Yanomamö, a tribal society in Amazonia. In contrast to chimpanzees, Yanomamö coalitions are composed of individuals from different lineages and natal communities.

LIVRO | TEMPO, TRABALHO E DOMINAÇÃO SOCIAL O canadense Moishe Postone, professor de história moderna na Universidade de Chicago, elabora uma reinterpretação da teoria crítica de Marx neste trabalho publicado originalmente em 1993. O historiador propõe a renovação do marxismo ao recolocar no centro do debate as questões da alienação e do fetichismo.trad.