Christopher von Rueden

I study social status in small-scale human societies. My research investigates (1) how status is acquired over the life-course, (2) the reproductive and health consequences of status, and (3) the effects of socio-ecological change on status inequality. My empirical work focuses on the Tsimane forager-horticulturalists of Bolivia. Additional, related research foci of mine include the evolution of personality, father effects on child well-being, and leadership and its role in collective action in small-scale societies.