Ryan Baldini

Harsh environments and "fast" human life histories: What does the theory say?

The paper challenges the HEFLH hypothesis by showing evolutionary theory does not support the idea that harsh environments select for fast life histories.

How cultural transmission facilitates a long juvenile learning period

This paper uses mathematical models to show that cultural transmission can enable a later age at maturity in humans, depending on population regulation mechanisms.

Estimating the evolution of human life history traits in age-structured populations

This paper introduces a Bayesian method to estimate genetic parameters influencing life history traits in age-structured populations using relatedness information.

Revisiting the effect of population size on cumulative cultural evolution

This study revisits the impact of population size on cumulative cultural evolution, finding that population size has little effect on equilibrium skill levels but can influence the rate of innovation.

The importance of population growth and regulation in human life history evolution

This paper reanalyzes a life history model to show how different population growth assumptions affect evolutionary outcomes in human life history strategies.