On Biocultural Anthropology
Kate Clancy over at Scientific American has initiated a great conversation about biocultural anthropology, the integration of biological and cultural approaches within the field, as well as how to do...
View ArticleNeuroanthropology, Applied Research, and Developing Interventions
I am about to get the final version of a special issue on “Neuroanthropology and Its Applications” to the publisher. That special issue, as well new things I have read over the past few weeks, have...
View ArticlePrisoner’s Dilemma and the Evolution of Inequality – Does Unfairness Triumph...
A new paper, Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma contains strategies that dominate any evolutionary opponent (pdf), has just been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Written by...
View ArticleNeuroscience and Race
An initial attempt at outlining a neuroanthropology of race… Anthropology and Race Decades of research in biological anthropology have led to one simple conclusion: Race is a biological fiction; human...
View ArticleWhy Does the United States Rank So Badly in Health?
“Why is USA in the worst shape as patient among industrialized nations?” That’s the question I just got on Twitter. Indeed, the United States ranks 37th out of 191 countries in average life expectancy....
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Social Position Drives Gene Regulation of the Immune System
New research with rhesus macaques shows that dominance rank has a major impact on gene regulation of the immune system. Through experimental manipulations of the dominance rank of individuals and...
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Applied Neuroanthropology: A New Field & A New Issue
“Neuroanthropology and Its Applications,” the summer issue of the journal Annals of Anthropological Practice, is now out. The full issue includes ten articles – a comprehensive introduction, and then...
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Intergroup Resources: Building Social Justice Online and From the Ground Up
Intergroup Resources is a powerful new online resource center that offers support and information to communities, organizations, and campaigns that work on social justice around the United States....
View ArticleThe cultures endangered by climate change
By Greg Downey The Bull of Winter weakens In 2003, after decades of working with the Viliui Sakha, indigenous horse and cattle breeders in the Vilyuy River region of northeastern Siberia,...
View ArticleLily White
This is a post about decades of science. This science doesn’t fit the normal template of “science,” of experiments and testable hypotheses and the like. Then again, a lot of research on humans rarely...
View ArticleDeveloping a Neuroanthropology of Social Space: Implications for North...
By Trevor Duke A few days ago I was walking around Ybor City, a place near downtown Tampa known for its eclectic feel and mix of restaurants, alternative shops, and party spots. While Ybor is often...
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Nicholas Wade and His Determinist Genes
The subtitle of Nicholas Wade’s new book, A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race, and Human History, is transparent. In combining genes, race, and human history, Wade makes a simplistic argument: genes...
View ArticleOppression, Mental Health, and the House Science Committee
By Steven Folmar, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Anthropology, Wake Forest University On September 15 of this year, I learned from my Program Officer at the National Science Foundation...
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