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Promoting understanding of cultural diversity and commonality in the past and present since 1949. Home of the world's largest anthropological data bank. https://hraf.yale.edu
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What do mushrooms, political power, artificial intelligence, gender equality, moral gods and egalitarianism have in common? They're all subjects of the fascinating new eHRAF-based research featured in the latest Academic Quarterly:

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HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-02
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-02 By Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeolog...
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Josephine Baker is revered in her adopted France. This is both a cause for celebration and a prompt to explore the #colonialism and racism she helped conceal.

⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free

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Josephine Baker: France’s Acceptable Black Hero
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rebeccasear.bsky.social
“The idea that humans evolved to be protective & sensitive to harm directed towards women appears increasingly popular in evolutionary psych [but] ethnographic evidence conflict with this perspective, [which seems] rooted in contemporary WEIRD values rather than an evolved psychological mechanism”
Did humans evolve to 'protect' women?
Ethnography complicates a convenient narrative
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The latest edition of the HRAF Academic Quarterly for 2025 features 12 new papers and publications based on HRAF and eHRAF data.

hraf.yale.edu/hraf-academi...

Did we miss any of your publications? Email your abstracts by December to be included in the next edition.
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wennergrenorg.bsky.social
On Oct. 30th 6:00 PM (PDT), Sarah Queneau, April Mejia, Patrick Mooney, and Sofia Abolfathi explore how cultural beliefs and historical contexts shape our perceptions of fear. rccd-edu.zoom.us/j/82907050612
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scottishgeology.bsky.social
Come learn about the geology of Edinburgh through a comprehensive introductory course! A series of 6 guided walks and 5 online learning sessions will teach you about the geology of Edinburgh and Scotland at the beginner level. No previous geological knowledge required 📚
view of Edinburgh and Salisbury Crags
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robsica.bsky.social
"Culture is not ‘transmitted’ but humans use other people's productions (beliefs, tools, buildings) to further their own goals, which sometimes (but not always) leads to transmission and (rarely) results in cumulative processes."
Cultural evolution from the producers’ standpoint | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Cultural evolution from the producers’ standpoint - Volume 5
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hraf755.bsky.social
Pulotu, the proto-Polynesian word for the abode of the gods, is a database of supernatural beliefs and practices across Austronesian cultures specifically designed to test evolutionary hypotheses of religious belief and practice, with a primary focus on the traditional state of cultures. pulotu.com
Pulotu -
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endoeartha.bsky.social
Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!

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#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
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Browsing our HRAF library at 755 Prospect 📚 👀
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archaeologyuk.bsky.social
There’s still time to book your spot for the next This is Archaeology lecture!

Discover how the ARC, volunteers, communities, and partners are bringing collections to life through research, public engagement, and wellbeing projects.

2nd October | 7 - 8 pm | Free & online 👉
This is Archaeology - Thinking out of the box: Public engagement, volunteering, and collaboration at the Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre
With Ben Donnelly-Symes
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appliedanthro.bsky.social
Open Access from #PracticingAnthropology: Connecting the Dots: A Collaborative Ethnography of Plastic Leakages in Indonesia & the Philippines by Hardon, Pakasi, Hidayana, Taqueban, Moyer, van Zeben, Dey, Nichter & Lim Tan
doi.org/10.1080/0888...

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#SfAA #anthropology
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Next Community Call: R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages 📦 🚀
📆 Monday, 29 September 2025 14:00 UTC with Will Landau
👉 Information + find your local time + How to join: https://ropensci.org/commcalls/r-multiverse/

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R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages · Community Call
Community Call about R-multiverse
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dukepress.bsky.social
Save 30% on #NewBook "Homesick," by Nicholas Shapiro, which examines the US government's distribution of over 120,000 toxic trailers following Hurricane Katrina, their devastating health effects, and the need to create new forms of accountability and change. #EnvStudies #FEMA buff.ly/YDhRXx0
Cover of Homesick by Nicholas Shapiro. A small white mobile home is at the center of cover image, with a single window and a pipe protruding from its base. The scene is quiet and minimal, with gravel and asphalt in the foreground and large trees framing the background. The title “Homesick” appears in large, minimalistic serif text across the bottom, with the author’s name in smaller capital letters beneath it.