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Mark Dyble

Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Verified email at cam.ac.uk
Cited by 2098

[HTML][HTML] Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling

D Smith, P Schlaepfer, K Major, M Dyble… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Storytelling is a human universal. From gathering around the camp-fire telling tales of
ancestors to watching the latest television box-set, humans are inveterate producers and …

How evolutionary behavioural sciences can help us understand behaviour in a pandemic

…, OLK Campbell, Y Chen, J Du, M Dyble… - … Medicine, and Public …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought science into the public eye and to the attention of
governments more than ever before. Much of this attention is on work in epidemiology, virology …

Impact of dimming white LEDs: chromaticity shifts due to different dimming methods

M Dyble, N Narendran, A Bierman… - … conference on solid …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The goal of this study was to characterize the chromaticity shift that mixed-color and
phosphor-converted white LED systems undergo when dimmed. As light-emitting diodes continue to …

Sex equality can explain the unique social structure of hunter-gatherer bands

M Dyble, GD Salali, N Chaudhary, A Page, D Smith… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Dyble et al. used a modeling approach to suggest that a possible answer to this
conundrum is that cohabitation choices are being governed equally by men and women. …

Characterization of hunter-gatherer networks and implications for cumulative culture

…, GD Salali, S Viguier, M Dyble… - Nature Human …, 2017 - nature.com
… If any of the conditions in point 3 are not verified, repeat the search with another couple of
nodes l and m, up to M times. If after M times the conditions have not been fulfilled, the link …

Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals

…, M Gibson, CE Mouden, M Dyble… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the
greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality. We show that humans exhibit lower …

Oral microbiomes from hunter‐gatherers and traditional farmers reveal shifts in commensal balance and pathogen load linked to diet

…, M Fumagalli, L Shaw, M Dyble… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Maladaptation to modern diets has been implicated in several chronic disorders. Given the
higher prevalence of disease such as dental caries and chronic gum diseases in …

[PDF][PDF] Networks of food sharing reveal the functional significance of multilevel sociality in two hunter-gatherer groups

M Dyble, J Thompson, D Smith, GD Salali… - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
Dyble et al. explore networks of food sharing among Agta and Mbendjele hunter-gatherers
and identify three levels of social organization: the household, cluster, and camp. Their …

Hunter-gatherer multilevel sociality accelerates cumulative cultural evolution

…, F Battiston, S Viguier, AE Page, M Dyble… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
… These messages were stored by any other mote within a 3-m radius. Being within 3 m is a
common threshold applied in behavioral studies of human and nonhuman primates to denote …

Reproductive trade-offs in extant hunter-gatherers suggest adaptive mechanism for the Neolithic expansion

AE Page, S Viguier, M Dyble, D Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The Neolithic demographic transition remains a paradox, because it is associated with both
higher rates of population growth and increased morbidity and mortality rates. Here we …