Human Behavior & Evolution Society

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The Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES) is an international society for scientists studying the evolution of human behavior. Find us at https://www.hbes.com, or read our journal Evolution & Human Behavior. Account managed by Yunsuh (Nike) Wee

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accurate. Levy at al. suggest that people in small-scale societies - and those in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) societies too - may exhibit a range of attitudes to magic: wholehearted belief (and disbelief),a more symbolic attitude, and even no fixed attitude at all

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A long-standing debate in anthropology concerns whether people in other societies wholeheartedly believe that magic is an effective technology. Drawing on recent work in political science and psychology, Levy et al. argue that this debate should consider whether informants’ reports are sincere and..

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Do the stories a society tells shape how it treats nature? Using natural language processing on a catalogue of traditional folktales from around 600 societies, Bonikowski et al. measure not just how often nature appears but whether it acts or is acted upon.

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New research shows that people want same-sex friends who are physically attractive and capable of producing resources as a hunter-gatherer, suggesting that humans have evolved friend preferences. 🧵

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🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨

Two inaugural discussions:

Oct 7
What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution?
Caroline Graf, U. Zurich

Dec 9
What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners?
Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia

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