Human Bridges - Latest News [Page 2]
Seeing Red: Our Ancient Relationship With Ocher And The Colour Of Cognition
Friday, 3 May 2024, 8:50 am | Human Bridges
Extensive ocher use reflects the culture and cognitive abilities of early humans, who inherited an affinity for red from primate ancestors. More >>
What Does Play Tell Us About Human Evolution?
Friday, 26 April 2024, 2:42 pm | Human Bridges
There has been a great deal of argument in evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology about what that adaptive value might be. Hypotheses include play in animals as physical training, allowing immature individuals to ‘practice’ pounces or ... More >>
Raising Hairless Primates
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 5:52 am | Human Bridges
Viewing my children through primatological glasses provides me with an ongoing perspective on raising them. Remembering that we’re all one big primate family makes the wilds of human parenting a little more manageable—and fun. More >>
Perceptions Of Social Dominance And How To Change Them
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:18 pm | Human Bridges
Yale University research team found that infants as young as three months seem to be able to recognize that voice pitch correlates with body size, with smaller organisms producing a higher pitch sound. More >>
Why Culture Is Not The Only Tool For Defining Homo Sapiens In Relation To Other Hominins
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 6:57 am | Human Bridges
We need a broad comparative lens to produce useful explanations and narratives of our origins across time More >>
How Elite Infighting Made The Magna Carta
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 5:36 am | Human Bridges
The papacy’s role as organizer of the Crusades empowered it to ask for—indeed, to demand—tithes from churches and royal tax assessments from realms ruled by the warlord dynasties it had installed and protected. England’s nobility and clergy ... More >>
Widening The ‘We’
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 6:31 am | Human Bridges
While malignant bonding, the scarcity mind, and historical trauma are powerful shapers of human society, there have always been powerful and, often, very effective counterbalancing factors. More >>