Phylogenetic comparative analyses and meta-analyses

A long-standing strength of our group is to use sophisticated statistical approaches to test evolutionary hypotheses and synthesize the empirical literature in a comparative framework. We use modern statistical methods such as Bayesian multilevel modeling to conduct comparative phylogenetic analyses and meta-analyses on a variety of topics. Specific topics included food sharing, male status, maternal effects, marriage, alloparental care, or social organization. Members of the group have also developed new methods for detecting temporal contingencies in phylogenetic comparative analyses, for modeling phenotypic integration, and for quantifying social plasticity and indirect genetic effects within a quantitative genetics framework.  

• Olivier CA, Martin JS, Pilisi C, Agnani P, Kauffmann C, Hayes L, Jaeggi AV, Schradin C (2023) Primate social organization evolved from a flexible pair-living ancestor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2215401120
• Martin JS, Jaeggi AV (2022) Social animal models for quantifying plasticity, assortment, and selection on interacting phenotypes.Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35:520-538
• Martin JS, Ringen EJ, Duda P, Jaeggi AV. (2020) Harsh environments promote alloparental care across human societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20200758
• Ringen ER, Duda P, Jaeggi AV. (2019). The evolution of daily food sharing: A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis. Evolution and Human Behavior 40:375-384
• Minocher R, Duda P, Jaeggi AV. (2019). Explaining marriage patterns in a globally representative sample through socioecology and population history: A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis using a new supertree of human populations. Evolution and Human Behavior 40:176-187
• Thayer ZM, Wilson MA, Kim AW, Jaeggi AV. (2018). Impact of prenatal stress on offspring glucocorticoid levels: A phylogenetic meta-analysis across 14 vertebrate species. Scientific Reports 8:4942.
• Von Rueden CR, Jaeggi AV (2016) Men's status and reproductive success in 33 non-industrial societies: effects of subsistence, marriage system and reproductive strategy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113:10824-10829.
• Jaeggi AV, Gurven M (2013) Reciprocity explains food sharing in humans and other primates independent of kin selection and tolerated scrounging: A phylogenetic meta-analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280:20131615.