| Why hunter-gatherers work: An ancient version of the problem of public goods [and comments and reply] K Hawkes, J Altman, S Beckerman, RR Grinker, H Harpending, RJ Jeske, ... Current anthropology 34 (4), 341-361, 1993 | 619 | 1993 |
| Food Taboos, diet, and hunting strategy: the adaptation to animals in amazon cultural ecology [and Comments and Reply] EB Ross, ML Arnott, EB Basso, S Beckerman, RL Carneiro, RG Forbis, ... Current Anthropology 19 (1), 1-36, 1978 | 464 | 1978 |
| The abundance of protein in Amazonia: A reply to Gross S Beckerman American Anthropologist 81 (3), 533-560, 1979 | 249 | 1979 |
| Life histories, blood revenge, and reproductive success among the Waorani of Ecuador S Beckerman, PI Erickson, J Yost, J Regalado, L Jaramillo, C Sparks, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (20), 8134-8139, 2009 | 215 | 2009 |
| Cultures of multiple fathers: The theory and practice of partible paternity in lowland South America S Beckerman, P Valentine (No Title), 2002 | 197 | 2002 |
| Optimal foraging and hominid evolution: labor and reciprocity JA Kurland, SJ Beckerman American Anthropologist 87 (1), 73-93, 1985 | 129 | 1985 |
| The Bari partible paternity project: Preliminary results S Beckerman, R Lizarralde, C Ballew, S Schroeder, C Fingelton, ... Current Anthropology 39 (1), 164-168, 1998 | 115 | 1998 |
| Does the swidden ape the jungle? S Beckerman Human Ecology 11, 1-12, 1983 | 108 | 1983 |
| Swidden in Amazonia and the Amazon rim S Beckerman Comparative farming systems 55, 94, 1987 | 103 | 1987 |
| Chemical ecology, plant evolution and traditional manioc cultivation systems D McKey, S Beckerman Man and the Biosphere Series 13, 83-83, 1993 | 100 | 1993 |
| Energy as it relates to the quality and style of life L Nader, S Beckerman Annual Review of Energy 3 (1), 1-28, 1978 | 91 | 1978 |
| Carpe diem: An optimal foraging approach to Bari fishing and hunting S Beckerman Adaptive responses of native Amazonians, 269-299, 1983 | 78 | 1983 |
| Living with kin in lowland horticultural societies RS Walker, S Beckerman, MV Flinn, M Gurven, CR von Rueden, ... Current Anthropology 54 (1), 96-103, 2013 | 69 | 2013 |
| The life history of human foraging: Cross-cultural and individual variation J Koster, R McElreath, K Hill, D Yu, G Shepard Jr, N Van Vliet, M Gurven, ... Science advances 6 (26), eaax9070, 2020 | 67 | 2020 |
| Hunting and fishing in Amazonia S Beckerman Roosevelt, A.(Edited.) Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present. The …, 1994 | 65 | 1994 |
| Bands of brothers and in-laws: Waorani warfare, marriage and alliance formation SJ Macfarlan, PI Erickson, J Yost, J Regalado, L Jaramillo, S Beckerman Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (1890), 20181859, 2018 | 62 | 2018 |
| Bari swidden gardens: Crop segregation patterns S Beckerman Human Ecology 11, 85-101, 1983 | 56 | 1983 |
| The use of palms by the Bari Indians of the Maracaibo Basin. S Beckerman | 53 | 1977 |
| The concept of partible paternity among native South Americans S Beckerman, P Valentine AAAS Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1999 | 45 | 1999 |
| Optimal foraging group size for a human population: the case of Bari fishing S Beckerman American Zoologist 23 (2), 283-290, 1983 | 45 | 1983 |
