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Ruth Mace

  • Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, UCL
London
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Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at UCL, interested in: cooperation, culture, life history, family (what's left?) music!
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Skewed sex ratios and violence against women in Pakistan

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By Maheen Pracha, Ruth Mace
| Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Hostname: page-component-76c49bb84f-887v8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-07-02T13:05:13.372Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false Accepted manuscript Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2025 Show author details Abstract Information Type Research Article Information Evolutionary Human Sciences , Accepted manuscript , pp.
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Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China - Nature

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By Jincheng Wang, Ting Ji, Tingyu Yang, Guanbo Wang, Zhiyu Ran, Xiaohong Wu, Ruth Mace, Bo Sun, Yuhong Pang, Yanyi Huang, Hai Bo Zhang
| Nature Verified
Abstract Studies of ancient DNA from cemeteries provide valuable insights into early human societies, and have strongly indicated patrilocality1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Here, we analysed ancient DNA alongside archaeological contexts and multiple stable isotopic data from 60 individuals in 2 separate cemeteries at the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China, dating between 2750 and 2500 bce.
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Development of teaching in ni‐Vanuatu children

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By Eva Brandl, Emily H Emmott, Ruth Mace
| Wiley Online Library Verified
Sample We initially tested 126 ni-Vanuatu children (all Melanesian) on the 4-part Theory of Mind test battery. Some children (n = 3) were excluded because they chose to interrupt their testing session. The final sample included 123 participants (56 female) and ranged from 3.8 to 11.3 years (M = 7.63, SD = 1.89). The birthdates of 2 children were unknown; their ages were estimated based on the mean age of their class, rounded to one decimal. Following Strauss et al.
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