Evolutionary anthropology Puns

Joe misprouncing australopithecus as "austrailiopithecus" every single time he wants to drop some knowledge on someone is cringey and down right embarrassing. The specimens were found in Africa, not Australia. Australopithecus has nothing to do with Australia. If you're not sure on how to pronounce something look it up on Google, they'll fucking say it for you. You can practice that shit, then bust it out in a podcast to sound smart. Walk before you run, bro. There's levels to this shit.

I was wondering to what extent evolutionary psychology and anthropology overlap and the utility of reading into both areas as opposed to just one of them

Im interested in alternatives to evolutionary psychology that aren't as fake

As far as I know, there's a severe lack of info on the internet. The Wikipedia page is awfully short. What are some good resources to understand the context of contemporary evo anthro debate?

Thanks!

[Academic] Universality of Lullabies (All countries, 18+) https://form.jotform.com/211671845242050

Dear r/SampleSize

I am a master student of philosophy who focusses on Evolutionary Anthropology and I work as an audio engineer and musician, I am doing an interdisciplinary study together with the LMU Munich and the Universität of the Bundeswehr, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology (Merle Fairhurst) and Musicologists, about the Universality of Lullabies.

Collecting, analyzing and comparing features from folk lullaby across cultures and languages is the core of the study, and if we want to succeed in creating a compelling study we have to get participants from as many countries, cultures and people as possible.

The study will only take 10 minutes, but it is necessary to sing or hum (the link works easily with every smartphone) for short periods and in the end there will be a quick debrief about the context of the study.If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me!
benjaminrieger@gmx.de
The research has been approved by the Bavarian (german) Ethics Committee.

I would like to know your suggestion for something if possible. So my major is biology and I have a APY minor. I didn't know there were specialties but the minor options I think would be best are: general anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.

My job interests are: physical anthropologist, evolutionary biologist, zoologist, evolutionary archaeologist, etc. Which do you think would work best for my job interests? I'm mostly debating over biological anthropology but I'm worried that having a bio major and minor will be too specific if my job interests change. What do you think? Thank you.

I'm trying to figure out which would help me the most with my job interests.

Orig. pub. from PNAS

Note: FYI this isn't anything new, genomic studies of modern people of Marianas already been confirmed this for a long time, but 2 skeletal remains from 2000 y.a. just added confirmation.

Bolded bit (for explanation): people from Lapita culture ALSO came from the PH, an earlier out migration...meaning to say that peopling the Micronesia and parts of Polynesia consisted of at least two migrations of seafaring groups both from the Philippines, meeting each other and creating modern population of the Pacific (on top of course of an existing population of people that lived in these areas prior to multiple waves of Austronesian arrivals eg Melanesians). (Lapita skulls DNA study 2016)

Article from GenomeWeb:

Ancient DNA Analysis Suggests Mariana Islands Settlers Hailed From the Philippines (Dec 22, 2020)

"The people who settled the Mariana Islands may have come from the Philippines, a new analysis of ancient DNA suggests.

Humans first settled the Mariana Islands — a stretch of 15 islands that includes Guam — about 3,500 years ago, but it has been unclear who these settlers were and where they came from. Some evidence has suggested the Philippines, New Guinea, Indonesia, or the Bismarck Archipelago as the source of the settlers.

By analyzing ancient DNA isolated from two skeletons uncovered on Guam, an international team of researchers began to tease out where the early settlers may have been from. As they reported on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers uncovered evidence that those ancient Mariana Islanders had ancestry associated with the Philippines but were also closely related to Lapita populations that lived on Vanuatu and Tonga.

"These findings strengthen the picture that has emerged from linguistic and archaeological studies, pointing to an Island Southeast Asia origin for the first settlers of the Marianas," co-author Mike Carson, an archaeologist at the Micronesian Area Research Center at the University of Guam, said in a statement.

Radiocarbon dating of the two skeletons, uncovered at the Ritidian Site in northern Guam, indicated

My entire class has been scouring the internet for a digital copy of this textbook but we've had no luck so far. Does anyone have a copy or know where I could find one? I'd even be fine with the first edition assuming it's not wildly different.

Lehman, Shawn 2015. Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology, 2nd Custom Edition. Toronto: Pearson Canada

Hi, everyone,

I hope this reaches you in good spirits, and I hope that all of you are doing as best as you can in this trying time.

Below I'm posting a call for a really interesting, very much Duke unique project that just came to fruition. I realize that most of you already have summer plans (I would have posted this sooner if I had it), but I'm guessing there's some of you that don't, especially given how companies are being affected across the board. I'll post it below, but if you're interested in a weird, paid software development opportunity and still are looking, please consider this! You'll have a chance to actually create something really cool that a lot of people at universities and businesses will probably use, will get something nice to put on your resume, and have a crash course in computer graphics that you wouldn't otherwise be able to get here.

If you have any questions before sending things off, or know of people that might be interested, please feel free to PM me. I won't post my email directly on here, but happy to talk privately.

And no, before anyone asks, as a university in the middle of a hiring freeze, we cannot pay comparable to many companies, but since everything's remote, I think you'll still find it a significant sum, especially if your internship was cancelled.

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The Tooth and Claw group run by Prof. Ingrid Daubechies (of signal processing/wavelet fame) of Math and Prof. Doug Boyer of Evolutionary Anthropology has recently released SAMS, a first-of-its-kind pipeline for rigorous statistical analysis of anatomical surfaces at a resolution never before possible for collections of surfaces with breadth of variability far greater than state of the art methods developed in computer graphics, computer vision, and medical imaging. An initial draft is available here.

We are looking to port this to a 100% Python framework and incorporate a fair bit of parallelization through distributed computation. Matlab, though standard for these computations, is proprietary, limiting widespread adoption and future development capabilities. This is not intended to be research code; rather, this is intended to be a proof-of-concept of a user friendly package/app that can be used to heavily influence research afterwards.

We are looking for students interested in software development to help develop this. **This is an opportunity to develop something that will be used as a foundation for

Similar to Tribe by Sebastian Junger, or anything that comments on how with the rise of technology we are lonelier, no longer have a sense of community, etc. (sorry if this is vague!)

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/uocp-smr030419.php

Anthropologists at the University of Oxford have discovered what they believe to be seven universal moral rules.

The rules: help you family, help your group, return favors, be brave, defer to superiors, divide resources fairly, and respect others' property, were found in a survey of 60 cultures from all around the world.

Previous studies have looked at some of these rules in some places - but none has looked at all of them in a large representative sample of societies. The present study, published in volume 60, no. 1 issue of Current Anthropology, by Oliver Scott Curry, Daniel Austin Mullins, and Harvey Whitehouse, is the largest and most comprehensive cross-cultural survey of morals ever conducted.

The team from Oxford's Institute of Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology (part of the School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography) analyzed ethnographic accounts of ethics from 60 societies, comprising over 600,000 words from over 600 sources.

Dr Oliver Scott Curry, lead author and senior researcher at the Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, said: "The debate between moral universalists and moral relativists has raged for centuries, but now we have some answers. People everywhere face a similar set of social problems and use a similar set of moral rules to solve them. As predicted, these seven moral rules appear to be universal across cultures. Everyone everywhere shares a common moral code. All agree that cooperating, promoting the common good, is the right thing to do."

The study tested the theory that morality evolved to promote cooperation, and that - because there are many types of cooperation - there are many types of morality. According to this theory of 'morality as cooperation', kin selection explains why we feel a special duty of care for our families, and why we abhor incest. Mutualism explains why we form groups and coalitions (there is strength and safety in numbers), and hence why we value unity, solidarity, and loyalty. Social exchange explains why we trust others, reciprocate favors, feel guilt and gratitude, make amends, and forgive. And conflict resolution explains why we engage in costly displays of prowess such as bravery and generosity, why we defer to our superiors, why we divide disputed resources fairly, and why we recognize prior possession.

The research found, fir

I am Brazilian and here there is very little material in Portuguese on sociobiology, psychology and evolutionary anthropology, human behavioral ethology and so on. It is very difficult to find any content that explains human behavior from an evolutionary perspective.

I know that in the United States anthropology is divided into "four fields", which also includes bioanthropology, so North American students of anthropology and social sciences have contact, even if brief, with evolutionary approaches to human behavior.

But here in Brazil we don't have this division, here anthropology is just cultural anthropology, bioanthropology is something that doesn't even cross our minds, almost as a blasphemer to be mentioned in classes and discussions. And with the scarce material in Portuguese, it ends up alienating potential students and people interested in the subject, who only read things about it from critics, who misrepresent almost all the facts.

I am a student of social sciences and I have been studying and collecting materials independently for some years. Almost everything I find is in English, so instead of trying to translate I found it more interesting to create an introductory book on evolutionary anthropology (which would also encompass sociobiology, human behavioral ethology and evolutionary psychology). The book is already a little over 100 pages long, I have already talked about the evolutionary theories of culture and altruism (although the chapter is unfinished) and I am looking for tips on subjects that you think are indispensable about sociobiology, evolutionary psychology / anthropology and human behavioral ethology. .

Thank you very much for your future help.

My short bio: I worked in IT for many years and obtained many standard IT certifications. One day, I quit and headed over to the local college to pursue a long time interest. I am currently in my final semester and gearing up for grad school. The purpose of my AMA is for anyone, especially older students, who wonder about the college process, archaeology, academics, and anything relative. I believe that there are many brilliant people who don't pursue dreams because they think their age is a barrier and/or have no idea of where to start. I'll be happy to answer any questions on my experiences (good/bad), archaeology, evolution, and tips I learned to actually make it in the field/grad school

My Proof: http://antoniokuilan.com/blog/reddit-ama/

I've dismissed cultural anthropology as the same as evolutionary psychology but others keep insisting that there is a difference. Are they different or just different names for the same thing?

I mean, his gem is essentially a new organ, making him a species seperate from Homo sapiens, yet descending from that species.

Hello,

I am posting this simply out my own confusion, possibly lack of self confidence, as well as experience.

I just received my PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology (although my research is actually more similar to that found in wildlife and evolutionary biology). Right now, I am applying for jobs, however, I am not really sure (which sounds silly I guess) what positions I am qualified for outside of academia.

Right now, I am applying for lecturing jobs (as I have teaching experience at university level before I even started my PhD) and have even thought about going back into Archaeology (since that is what I did beforehand). However, lecturing (especially being an adjunct) and Archaeology (on the CRM level) do not really pay well and are often uncertain. I suspect I am looking at these positions because that is what I am used to doing.

Despite this, I do have several skillsets that I know are valuable but I am not really sure where to begin searching (or what for). I did go to career services but unfortunately, they werent very helpful (although they were nice).

Given my academic research, I have experience writing (I am currently publishing under a bursary), managing large datasets, running regression models, and am comfortable working in programmes such as R.

In addition, I am a spatial scientist (although I do not have a Geography degree). Much of my research involved running spatial regression models, creating habitat suitability maps as well as risk probability maps. Most of my work is in ArcGIS although I know to how to work in Q.

As mentioned previously, I also have field experience but I believe that is very specific (ala survey, excavation, etc) as well as extensive experience lecturing.

I know that I have these skills, but...long story short, I am not really sure how to apply them (especially skills in ArcGIS and R) outside of an academic setting or, what jobs I can look for that offer a decent salary. I would also like to note that I do not necessarily have to work in the biological or archaeological sciences and am open minded.

With that being said, would anyone have advice regarding prospective careers that are worth looking into?

Thank you so much

If this post isn't relevant I apologize!! But, I am working toward a degree in Evolutionary Anthropology at my university and in order to graduate, I need a minor. Would minoring in geology be at all helpful to the over all success of my future career in the biological anthropology field? Or should I just minor in cultural anthropology?

The hypothesis of the evolutionary origin of bipolar disorder (EOBD) synthesized ideas about the biological clock and seasonal shifts in mood (Rosenthal, Wehr) with theorizing that bipolar disorder descends from a pyknic (compact, cold-adapted) group (Kretchmer). The hypothesis suggested that bipolar behaviors evolved in the northern temperate zone as highly derived adaptations to the selective pressures of severe climatic conditions during the Pleistocene. Given evidence of Neandertal contributions to the human genome, the hypothesis is extended (EOBD-R) to suggest Neandertal as the ancestral source for bipolar vulnerability genes (susceptibility alleles). The EOBD-R hypothesis explains and integrates existing observations: bipolar disorder has the epidemiology of an adaptation; it is correlated with a cold-adapted build, and its moods vary according to light and season. Since the hypothesis was first published, data consistent with it have continued to appear. Individuals with seasonal affective disorder, which is related to bipolar disorder, have been shown to manifest a biological signal of season change similar to that found in hibernating animals. The involvement of the circadian gene network in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder has been confirmed. Because selective pressures during the Pleistocene would have been greatest for women of reproductive age, they are expected to manifest winter depression more than males or younger females, which is the case. (This sex difference is also found in hibernating mammals.) Because it is hypothesized that the evolution of bipolar disorder took place in the northern temperate zone during the Pleistocene, it is not expected that individuals of African descent, lacking Neandertal genes, will manifest circular bipolar I disorder, and in fact, the incidence of bipolar disorder among black individuals is less than among whites. A definitive test of the hypothesis is proposed: It is predicted that the bipolar and Neandertal genomes will be more similar than the modern human and Neandertal genomes, and the modern human and San and Yoruba genomes will be more similar than the bipolar and San and Yoruba genomes. Failure to confirm these predictions will falsify the EOBD-R hypothesis. The EOBD-R hypothesis has important implications in the search for bipolar vulnerability genes and our understanding of ourselves and our Neandertal ancestor. At a practical level, confirmation of the EOBD-R hypothesis will boost i

Has anybody on this sub applied for, worked for, or knows somebody who has gone through admissions for this program? A friend of mine and I applied here for a Fall 2016 PhD position with an application deadline of December 1 2015 and have yet to hear anything. According to the website, and one e-mail correspondence with the admissions secretary, all decisions were supposed to be made in late February/early March. Well, that date has kind of come and gone by now.

I have already gotten into several programs and have a very good opportunity waiting for me to accept, but this has always been my dream school. Both myself and my friend have heard nothing whatsoever. I sent an email out in mid-Feb to the admissions secretary and was told very curtly "Late Feb/early March. We will notify everybody regardless." and that was it. Since then, nothing.

I've checked the gradcafe results board and nothing, even though all rejections and acceptances had been handed out by early February in previous years. Him and I don't have much to go on since there are only 3 posted results spanning 7 years. I understand that they take very prestigious applicants and likely people who are applying aren't wasting their time on GradCafe or Reddit chomping at the bit waiting for a letter. However, does any body have any idea when they send out notifications?

Should I bother sending out a second "Hey...what's going on" email at the end of the month if I still have no word or just forget about it completely and just be thankful I hear anything at all?

The article found here suggests that payoff of paternal investment doesn't predict marriage stability. In other words, societies in which fathers' contribution of resources contributes to the ability of children to survive and thrive do not see a lower divorce rate than societies in which fathers have little effect on their children's survival.

However, in societies with a high ratio of fertile females to mating aged men, divorce rates are higher than societies with lower ratios. In theory, this is because societies with an abundance of fertile females provoke less male-male competition and therefore make it safer and easier for men to take new wives after leaving the old ones.

The latter correlation makes perfect sense to me, but the former (lack of) correlation is confusing. I would expect men to stick with their children's mothers where they have a stronger effect on the children's well-being.

I don't have a specific question to ask you guys about this, but I'd love to hear what r/anthropology thinks about the idea.

Edit: I referred to the communities studied as "hunter gatherer" in the title, but most or all of them incorporate some agriculture/herding into their subsistence.

I want to be an evolutionary anthropologist and I want to read more on the subject. (What I have read consists of articles and that section of The Greatest Show on Earth.) I'm about to get some stuff from Amazon, and I can't find anything that specific on my own. Is something like that out there?

I'm sorry if this doesn't belong here. If it doesn't, overwhelmingly tell me and I'll delete it and be on my merry way.

Edit: Thanks, all of you. It's more than I expected and now I've got quite a list and won't be without nonfiction names for a while.

I am Brazilian and here there is very little material in Portuguese on sociobiology, psychology and evolutionary anthropology, human behavioral ethology and so on. It is very difficult to find any content that explains human behavior from an evolutionary perspective.

I know that in the United States, anthropology is divided into "four fields", which also includes bioanthropology, so North American students of anthropology and social sciences have contact, even if brief, with evolutionary approaches to human behavior.

But here in Brazil we don't have this division, here anthropology is just cultural anthropology, bioanthropology is something that doesn't even cross our minds, almost as a blasphemer to be mentioned in classes and discussions. And with the scarce material in Portuguese, it ends up alienating potential students and people interested in the subject, who only read things about it from critics, who misrepresent almost all the facts.

I am a student of social sciences and I have been studying and collecting materials independently for some years. Almost everything I find is in English, so instead of trying to translate I found it more interesting to create an introductory book on evolutionary anthropology (which would also encompass sociobiology, human behavioral ethology and evolutionary psychology). The book is already a little over 100 pages long, I have already talked about the evolutionary theories of culture and altruism (although the chapter is unfinished) and I am looking for tips on subjects that you think are indispensable about sociobiology, evolutionary psychology / anthropology and human behavioral ethology.

Thank you very much for your future help.