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Distinguishing intergroup and long-distance relationships
Pisor, A.C., & Ross, C.T. (In press) Human Nature

Effective climate-change adaptation means supporting community autonomy
Pisor, A.C., Basurto, X., Douglass, K.G., Mach, K.J., Ready, E., Tylianakis, J.M., Hazel, A., Kline, M.A., Kramer, K.L., Lansing, J.S., Moritz, M., Smaldino, P.E., Thornton, T.F., Jones, J.H. (2022) Nature Climate Change

Do people manage climate risk through long-distance relationships?
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021) American Journal of Human Biology, 33(4)

Human adaptation to climate change: An introduction to the special issue
Pisor, A.C. & Jones, J.H. (2021) American Journal of Human Biology, 33(4)

Want climate-change adaptation? Evolutionary theory can help
Jones, J.H., Ready, E., & Pisor, A.C. (2021) American Journal of Human Biology, 33(4)

How can evolutionary and biological anthropologists engage broader audiences?
Jones, J.H.*, Pisor, A.C.*, Douglass, K., Bliege Bird, R., Ready, E., Hazel, A., Hackman, J., Kramer, K., Kohler, T.A., Pontzer, H., & Towner, M. (2021) American Journal of Human Biology, 33(4). *co-first authors

Navigating cross-cultural research: Methodological and ethical considerations
Broesch, T., Crittenden, A.N., Beheim, B.A., Blackwell, A.D., Bunce, J.A., Colleran, H., Hagel, K., Kline, M., McElreath, R., Nelson, R.G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2020) Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287, 20201245

Kinship intensity and the use of mental states in moral judgment across societies
Curtin, C.M., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Crittenden, A., Fessler, D.M.T., Fitzpatrick, S., Gurven, M., Kanovsky, M., Kushnick, G., Laurence, S., Pisor, A., et al. (2020) Evolution & Human Behavior 41(5), 415-429

Preferences and constraints: The value of economic games for studying human behavior
Pisor, A.C., Gervais, M.M., Purzycki, B.G., & Ross, C.T. (2020) Royal Society Open Science 7(6), 7192090

Beyond the group: How food, mates and group size influence inter-group encounters in wild bonobos
Lucchesi, S., Janmaat, K., Cheng, L., Mundry, R., Pisor, A., & Surbeck, M. (2020) Behavioral Ecology 31(2), 519-532

The evolution of intergroup tolerance in non-human primates and humans
Pisor, A.C., & Surbeck, M. (2019) Evolutionary Anthropology 28(4)

The cognitive and cultural foundations of moral behavior
Purzycki, B.G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2018) Evolution & Human Behavior 39(5)

When to diversify, and with whom? Choosing partners among out-group strangers in lowland Bolivia
¿Cuándo hay que diversificar y con quién? La elección de colaboradores entre desconocidos ajenos al grupo en las tierras bajas de Bolivia
Pisor, A.C. & Gurven, M. (2018) Evolution & Human Behavior, 39(1)

Political orientation predicts credulity regarding putative hazards
Fessler, D.M.T., Pisor, A.C., & Holbrook, C. (2017) Psychological Science, 28(5), 651-660

Risk buffering and resource access shape valuation of out-group strangers
El amortiguamiento de riesgo y el acceso a recursos determinan la valoración de miembros ajenos al grupo
Pisor, A.C. & Gurven, M. (2016) Scientific Reports, 30435

Small-scale societies exhibit fundamental variation in the role of intentions in moral judgment
Barrett, H.C., Bolyanatz, A., Crittenden, A.N., Fessler, D.M.T., Fitzpatrick, S., Gurven, M., Henrich, J., Kanovsky, M., Kuschnick, G., Pisor, A., et al. (2016) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(17)
Moral parochialism misunderstood: A reply to Piazza and Sousa
Fessler, D.M.T., Holbrook, C., Kanovsky, M., Barrett, H.C., Bolyanatz, A.H., Gervais, M.M., Gurven, M., Henrich, J., Kushnick, G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2016) Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283(1823)

Corruption and the other(s): Scope of superordinate identity matters for corruption permissibility
Pisor, A.C., & Gurven, M. (2015) PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144542

Moral parochialism and contextual contingency across seven societies
Fessler, D.M.T., Barrett, H.C., Kanovsky, M., Stich, S., Holbrook, C., Henrich, J., Bolyanatz, A.H., Gervais, M.M., Gurven, M., Kushnick, G., Pisor, A.C., et al. (2015) Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1813)
Negatively-biased credulity and the cultural evolution of beliefs
Fessler, D.M.T, Pisor, A.C., & Navarrete, C.D. (2014) PLoS ONE 9(4): e95167

Patterns of senescence in cardiovascular fitness: VO2max in subsistence and industrialized populations
Pisor, A.C., Gurven, M., Blackwell, A.D., Kaplan, H., & Yetish, G. (2013) American Journal of Human Biology 25(6), 756-769
Importing preferences and the pitfall of over-generalization
Pisor, A.C., & Fessler, D.M.T. (2012) Behavior and Brain Sciences, 35(1), pp. 34-35
Testing a postulated case of intersexual selection in humans: The role of foot size in judgments of physical attractiveness and age
Fessler, D.M.T., Stieger, S., Asaridou, S.S., Bahia, U., Cravalho, M., de Barros, P., Delgado, T., Fisher, M.L., Frederick, D., Geraldo Perez, P., Pisor, A., et al. (2012) Evolution & Human Behavior, 33, pp. 147-164
Articles under review/Artículos bajo de revisión

Friends near and afar, through thick and thin: Comparing contingency of help between close- and long-distance friends in Tanzanian fishing villages
Smith, K.M, Pisor, A.C., Aron, B., Bernard, K., Fimbo, P., Kimesera, R., Borgerhoff Mulder, M. (submitted)

Alloparenting among fictive kin: An examination of godparents’ impact on children’s education
Hubbard, E.B., & Pisor, A.C. (submitted)

Understanding why parochial altruism varies across contexts requires a network-based toolkit
Pisor, A.C., & Ross, C.T. (submitted)