Category Archives: Ethnography

Human longevity in prehistory

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

A new article in PNAS, authored by Oskar Burger, Annette Baudisch and James Vaupel, is gathering some attention to the issue of the evolutionary history of human demography and longevity. The article itself covers a lot of old ground (excuse … Continue reading →

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Human violence

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

One of the issues brought up by Michael Plavcan and Phil Reno in yesterday’s BU dialogue on sexual dimorphism was the issue of human violence, specifically male-initiated violence. Humans are unquestionably violent in many nuanced and complex ways. Richard Wrangham … Continue reading →

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