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Experimental evidence that penis size, height, and body shape influence assessment of male sexual attractiveness and fighting ability in humans
Recommended Citation Aich, U., Tan, C., Bathgate, R., Blake, K. R., Capp, R. C. S., Kuek, J. C., Wong, B. B. M., Mautz, B. S., & Jennion...
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The evolutionary history of the human face, a multi-disciplinary detective story
Like all complex animals, humans have faces.
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Cooking increases the energy value of meat
Processing food extensively by thermal and nonthermal techniques is a unique and universal human practice.
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Causal Cognition and Theory of Mind in Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology
Lombard, Marlize and Peter Gärdenfors. 2021. Causal Cognition and Theory of Mind in Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology. Biological Theory. h...
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Variation in hunting weaponry for more than 300,000 years: A tip cross-sectional area study of Middle Stone Age points from southern Africa
Lombard, Marlize. 2021. Variation in hunting weaponry for more than 300,000 years: A tip cross-sectional area study of Middle Stone Age poin...
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Introduction to ‘Theoretical Pathways’: Thinking About Human Endeavour During the Middle Stone Age and Middle Palaeolithic
Högberg, Anders and Marlize Lombard. 2021. Introduction to ‘Theoretical Pathways’: Thinking About Human Endeavour During the Middle Stone Ag...
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STIAS Series Volume 15: Persistence of Race
Persistence of Race Nina G. Jablonski (Editor) AFRICAN SUN MeDIA (2020, 150pp) ISBN: 978-1-928480-44-0 https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928480...
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Continued work on the evolution of skin colour
While at STIAS, I plan to complete a long-standing data analysis of large bodies of archaeological, paleontological, and climatological data in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of skin colour in Homo sapiens for a joint project with Nina Jablonski.
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Hair: The Natural and Unnatural History of a Human Obsession
Hair is one of the most distinctive features of the human species and of individual people.
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Energetic consequences of thermal and nonthermal food processing
Carmody, Rachel N.; Weintraub, Gil S.; Wrangham, Richard W. 2012. Energetic consequences of thermal and nonthermal food processing. PROCEEDI...
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The struggle to overcome racism
Nina Jablonski. 2012. The struggle to overcome racism. New Scientist, Opinion: The Big Idea. 4pp
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Children, Teaching and the Evolution of Humankind
Högberg, Anders, and Peter Gärdenfors. 2015. Children, Teaching and the Evolution of Humankind. Childhood in the Past 8 (2): 113–21. doi:10....
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Knowing, Learning and Teaching—How Homo Became Docens
Högberg, Anders, Peter Gärdenfors, and Lars Larsson. 2015. Knowing, Learning and Teaching—How Homo Became Docens. Cambridge Archaeological J...
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Evolutionary Mechanisms of Teaching
Gärdenfors, Peter, and Anders Högberg. 2015. Evolutionary Mechanisms of Teaching. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 38 (June): e41. doi:10.1017/...
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Mountaineering or Ratcheting? Stone Age Hunting Weapons as Proxy for the Evolution of Human Technological, Behavioral and Cognitive Flexibility
Lombard, Marlize. 2016. Mountaineering or Ratcheting? Stone Age Hunting Weapons as Proxy for the Evolution of Human Technological, Behaviora...
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Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago
Schlebusch, Carina M., Helena Malströom, Torsten Günther, Per Sjödin, Alexandra Coutinho, Hanna Edlund, Arielle R. Munters, Mário Vicente, M...
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Tracking the evolution of causal cognition in humans
Lombard, Marlize and Peter Gärdenfors. 2017. Tracking the evolution of causal cognition in humans. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 95, ...
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Demonstration and Pantomime in the Evolution of Teaching
Gärdenfors, Peter. 2017. Demonstration and Pantomime in the Evolution of Teaching. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg...
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The Archaeology of Teaching and the Evolution of Homo docens
Gärdenfors, Peter and Anders Högberg. 2017. The Archaeology of Teaching and the Evolution of Homo docens. Current Anthropology, 58(2), 188–2...
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Making Faces. The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face
Wilkins, Adam. S. 2017. Making Faces. The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face. Harvard University Press. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catal...
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The role of play objects and object play in human cognitive evolution and innovation
Riede, Felix, Niels N. Johannsen, Anders Högberg, April Nowell and Lombard, Marlize. 2018. The role of play objects and object play in human...
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Causal Cognition, Force Dynamics and Early Hunting Technologies
Gärdenfors, Peter and Marlize Lombard. 2018. Causal Cognition, Force Dynamics and Early Hunting Technologies. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. ht...
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Pantomime as a Foundation for Ritual and Language
Gärdenfors, Peter. 2018. Pantomime as a Foundation for Ritual and Language. Studia Liturgica, 48(1–2), 41–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/003932...
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Skin We Are In
Magona, Sindiwe and Nina G. Jablonski. 2018. Skin We Are In. David Philip Publishers. https://www.newafricabooks.com/shop-all-books/skin-we-...
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STIAS Series Volume 11: The Effects of Race
The Effects of Race Nina Jablonski, with Gerhard Maré (Editors) AFRICAN SUN MeDIA (2018, 180 pp) ISBN: 978-1-928357-84-1 https://doi.org/10...
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Archaeology of a Hungry Mind
Why and how did we (Homo sapiens) evolve into a species that is dependent on its ‘brains’ rather than its ‘brawn’ for our survival and successful spread across the globe?
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The malaise of the human condition: Social diagnostics, human evolution and theological discourse on the contingency of “sin”
Social diagnostics gained some currency in the South African context through the Diagnostic Report (2011) produced by the National Planning Commission.
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Deconstructing Shadows: Human behaviour through the prism of evolution
This project involves an in-depth analysis of human behaviour from an evolutionary perspective, as a basis for integrating our modern understanding of behavioural psychology with its neurobiological basis.
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How did Homo sapiens become Homo docens? On the evolution of social learning and teaching during the Paleolithic
The purpose of the project is to analyse why teaching has evolved only in the line leading to Homo sapiens.
