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/...
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....
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/
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!
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:
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
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/...
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"
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
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Group psychology shapes health conspiracies and conspiracy mentality in three countries
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Plants have long been central to human life, from early hominins to contemporary hunter-gatherers and industrialised societies. In many communities, they remain a primary source of treatment alongside or in place of Western medicine. Beyond healing, ...
Nice to be featured in the UCL News ( @uclnews.bsky.social )
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
"Parenting should not be learned in isolation or all at once—it is a lifelong process embedded in daily life long before one has a child and long after."
Great piece by @denizsalali.bsky.social To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents www.sapiens.org/biology/to-r...
New episode (1142), with Dr. Gül Salali. We talk about social dynamics, culture, mental health and physical health in hunter-gatherers. #Anthropology #Science
YouTube: youtu.be/WdkW2Rtxc24
Podcast: tinyurl.com/2zcxk39r
A UCL-led group of world-leading scientists is joining Pacific sailors on a voyage like no other – to understand how indigenous navigators expertly find their way by sensing the swells of the ocean.
