Why do people avoid perfectly edible animals? Using data on 57 animals and 200+ hunter-gatherers, I tested several hypotheses. The results support evolved cognitive intuitions rather than pathogen avoidance or conservation explanations. Open access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

UCL Anthropology is looking for an Associate Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology (fixed term) covering Evolutionary Medicine and Statistics teaching. Please circulate with colleagues & ECRs who may be interested. Deadline 30th April. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Why do conspiracy beliefs vary across groups? Our new study shows they’re strongly tied to outgroup mistrust + reactance (resisting authority), with clear cross-country differences (Turkey > US > UK). www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @metesefauysal.bsky.social

Always about "others"...👇 Group psychology shapes health conspiracies & conspiracy mentality www.nature.com/articles/s41... "...outgroup mistrust and signalling non-conformity play a crucial role in conspiracy beliefs" "...strongly associated with vaccine hesitancy across all three countries"

New paper out! Using data from 219 BaYaka HGs and 33 plant species, I find that plants used by more people tend to show stronger agreement on their main function. Drop me an email if you don't have access to the paper and would like a PDF copy. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

New paper out in American Journal of Human Biology! 🌿 We study bitter taste perception among BaYaka hunter-gatherers to ask a simple question: how much of what we taste is biology, and how much is learned through experience? 📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Really enjoyed talking with Ricardo Lopes (@‪thedissenteryt.bsky.social‬) about cultural evolution, social structure, and wellbeing in hunter-gatherers. Thanks for having me on your excellent channel!

Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

This is such an exciting project! Good luck with the voyage, @hugospiers.bsky.social and the team!

We often say “it takes a village to raise a child.” But it also takes a village to raise a parent. My two cents on motherhood, on @sapiens.org:

New podcast episode out now - on my rather windy academic journey, from lab benches in Istanbul to the rainforests of Congo. www.globio.org/deniz/

6 funded PhD studentships available on place and memory: placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

Curious about how children learn in a hunter-gatherer society? Our new mini-documentary is out! Watch here: youtu.be/fAXgXP9JRDA?...

1/ 🧵 Are We Really Measuring What Matters? Cross-Cultural Challenges in Developmental Research 🌍👶📏 New paper led by CCE’S lovely @nicolejwen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social , also featuring CCE’s @michelleakline.bsky.social and many others. Supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social 🔗👇

📣Hunter Gatherer Research is currently seeking General Editors. For more information and how to apply, please read the Call for Editors on the LUP website: bit.ly/HGR-editors. ‪@sheinalew.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social ‬

Our new paper is out! 🚀 BaYaka hunter-gatherer children are 3x more active than WHO recommendations & stay active as they age—unlike US/UK kids, whose activity declines with the start of formal schooling 📉. Read more in @SciReports: rdcu.be/d72T1

1/ 🧵 New preprint out today 🤩 With @djsmith90.bsky.social and co we have done deep-dive into grandmothering in the Agta to unpick the role of demography in shaping the role of grandmothers in direct childcare 👇🧪🏺 #Grandmothering #demography #BioAnth #EvPsych