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Blog-posts aimed primarily at biological anthropology. See also the overview page on Biological Anthropology which details 13 chapters of what became a Kindle eBook, Anthropology I: Human Nature, Race, Evolution. However, I have been unable to update the Kindle edition since 2012-2013.

Testosterone Anthropology

Mothers and Others - Testosterone

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy’s intriguing ideas on testosterone changes in “Mothers and Others” is answered by longitudinal anthropology on fatherhood testosterone.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags evolution, gender, genetics, human nature, sexuality, textbooks 1 Comment

Science, Media, Anthropology

Race and the Crisis of Humanism - Denisovan Brains

Denisovans! Exciting findings, cutting-edge genetic sequencing technologies, and scientists tone-deaf to a modern world built on colonialism and racism.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags Denisovans, ethnobiogeny, evolution, genetics, Neandertals, race, racism 4 Comments

Darwin in Mind–The End

Complexities - Evolutionary Psychology - Darwin in Mind

“Darwin in Mind: New Opportunities for Evolutionary Psychology” (2011) marked the end of evolutionary psychology as foil for anthropology.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags anthropology branding, culture, ethnobiogeny, evolution, gender, genetics, human nature, natural selection, niche construction, Nicholas Wade, politics 14 Comments

Dawkins versus Wilson: The Descent of Science

Dawkins versus Wilson: The Descent of Science

A Call for Blog Posts (CFBP) for an anthropological analysis of Richard Dawkins versus Edward Wilson on Social Conquest of the Earth.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags culture, evolution, genetics, human nature, natural selection, niche construction, Tim Ingold 6 Comments

Traditional Race Ideas

Barbujani - Delle Razze and Harpending

Anthropology has debunked traditional race ideas that humans come as 3-5 genetic types. But backlash & misunderstandings around social construction persist.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags Eric Wolf, ethnobiogeny, evolution, genetics, race, racism 28 Comments

Race & Genetics

Human Evolutionary Biology Race and Genetics - Race is a Social Construction

On race and genetics, even popular genetics bloggers acknowledge race is a social construction, something anthropologists have known for a century.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags ambushing anthropology, genetics, race, racism 38 Comments

Seizing the Holistic Moment

Anthropology on Race

The innuendo on race and IQ is an opportunity to revisit anthropology on race and seize holistic understandings to reclaim this issue for anthropology.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags anthropology branding, ethnobiogeny, evolution, genetics, race, racism 6 Comments

Metaphors & Evolution

Zimmer - Tangled Bank

How can we stop trellises from turning into trees? Emphasizing non-directionality and complexity in evolutionary understandings.

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags anthropology branding, Denisovans, education, evolution, genetics, natural selection, Neandertals, textbooks 2 Comments

Admixture All the Way Down

Malinowski - Sexual Life - Admixture

Despite Nicholas Wade’s emphasis on splits among human groups, the research is clear that it’s admixture all the way down. Plus some Malinowski!

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Categories Biological Anthropology Tags Denisovans, education, Eric Wolf, evolution, genetics, human nature, Nicholas Wade, race, race mixing, sex, sexuality, Sidney Mintz 9 Comments

Denisovans, Neandertals, Immunity, Anthropology, Sex

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The day Denisovans hit the big time. They needed to piggyback on Neandertals, but got a big boost from the immune system study. And sex.

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Australopithecine Teeth & Gender

Australopithecine Teeth

Fascinating study of australopithecine teeth and residence patterns. Ridiculous headlines about gender and family. Anthropology analyzes science and media.

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