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Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 4 facts
referenceEvolutionary Psychological Science is an international, interdisciplinary forum for original research papers that address evolved psychology, spanning social and life sciences, anthropology, philosophy, criminology, law, and the humanities.
referenceNils Seethaler authored 'Discrepant Explanatory Approaches in Anthropology and Evolutionary Psychology to the Phenomenon of Visual Art' in 2015, comparing anthropological and evolutionary psychological explanations for visual art.
claimEvolutionary psychology draws from cognitive psychology, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, artificial intelligence, genetics, ethology, anthropology, archaeology, biology, ecopsychology, and zoology.
perspectiveHypotheses suggesting language evolved for social functions are currently considered highly speculative and require more evidence from research areas such as linguistics and anthropology.
The cross-cultural study of mind and behaviour: a word of caution link.springer.com Apr 8, 2022 3 facts
referenceGeorge W. Stocking published 'Race, culture, and evolution. Essays in the history of anthropology' in 1982 through the University of Chicago Press.
claimEpistemological concerns in cross-cultural studies, historically labeled as 'butterfly collecting' in anthropology, question what kind of general theoretical knowledge is produced when adding culturally determined ways of knowing to research.
referenceWeisman and Luhrmann published 'What anthropologists can learn from psychologists, and the other way around' in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute in 2020.
David Ludwig (Wageningen University and Research): Publications ... philpeople.org 3 facts
claimThe 'ontological turn' in anthropology is an intellectual project rooted in the critique of the dualism of culture and nature.
claimIn the paper 'Back by popular demand, ontology,' the authors define the 'ontological turn' in anthropology as an intellectual project rooted in the critique of the dualism of culture and nature.
perspectiveDavid Ludwig analyzes the relationship between ontology in anthropology and philosophy, arguing that moving beyond simple homonymy or synonymy allows for new interdisciplinary links and insights while minimizing the risk of cross-disciplinary equivocation.
“Plants of the Gods” and their hallucinogenic powers in ... surgicalneurologyint.com Jul 19, 2021 2 facts
claimCarlos Castaneda's first book, 'The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge' (1969), was originally his PhD thesis in anthropology.
perspectiveCritics and scholars have questioned the veracity of Carlos Castaneda's anthropological research, the existence of Don Juan, and whether his PhD thesis should have been categorized as anthropology or creative writing.
Changes in Diet Drove Physical Evolution in Early Humans home.dartmouth.edu Jul 31, 2025 2 facts
quote“One of the burning questions in anthropology is what did hominins do differently that other primates didn’t do? This work shows that the ability to exploit grass tissues may be our secret sauce. Even now, our global economy turns on a few species of grass—rice, wheat, corn, and barley.”
quoteNathaniel Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropology and senior author of the study, stated: “Anthropologists often assume behaviors on the basis of morphological traits, but these traits can take a long time—a half-million years or more––to appear in the fossil record. But these chemical signatures are an unmistakable remnant of grass-eating that is independent of morphology. They show a significant lag between this novel feeding behavior and the need for longer molar teeth to meet the physical challenge of chewing and digesting tough plant tissues.”
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 2 facts
referenceLangdon (1992) provides an introduction to shamanism and anthropology in the book 'Portals of Power: Shamanism in South America'.
referenceQuirce et al. (2010) published 'Los alucinógenos: su historia, antropología, química y farmacología' (The hallucinogens: Their history, anthropology, chemistry, and pharmacology) in the journal Psicogente, providing a multidisciplinary overview of hallucinogens.
Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu 1 fact
claimModern cognitive science is a scientific field that incorporates neurosciences, linguistics, artificial intelligence, anthropology, and experimental psychology.
Paleo's evolution and the modern story of stone-age eating - Rily rily.co Mar 20, 2024 1 fact
claimThe Paleo Diet is distinct from other dietary frameworks because it is based on anthropology and a vision of early human dietary patterns.
(PDF) On the function of consciousness - an adaptationist perspective academia.edu 1 fact
claimConsciousness is considered one of the most significant and challenging topics in cognitive science, with contributions from disciplines including engineering, philosophy, psychology, biology, neurology, quantum physics, linguistics, and anthropology.
Evolutionary origin and the development of consciousness sciencedirect.com 1 fact
claimThe review article 'Evolutionary origin and the development of consciousness' aims to investigate the adaptive value of human consciousness by integrating advances in anthropology and neuroscience.
Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
referenceNapoleon Chagnon and William Irons edited 'Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective' in 1979, which explores the intersection of evolutionary biology and anthropology.
Medicinal plants: bioactive compounds, biological activities ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimEthnopharmacology is an interdisciplinary domain that integrates botany, chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, anthropology, archeology, history, and languages to systematically observe, describe, and investigate traditional medicine.
Evolutionary Eating — What We Can Learn From Our Primitive Past todaysdietitian.com Apr 1, 2009 1 fact
claimGeorge Armelagos, a professor of anthropology at Emory University, states that the genotype of hunter-gatherer populations was adapted for cycles of feast or famine, which is reflected in how fat is stored on the human body.