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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Aug 29

Really enjoyed talking with Ricardo Lopes (@‪thedissenteryt.bsky.social‬) about cultural evolution, social structure, and wellbeing in hunter-gatherers. Thanks for having me on your excellent channel!

The Dissenter @thedissenteryt.bsky.social · Aug 29

New episode (1142), with Dr. Gül Salali. We talk about social dynamics, culture, mental health and physical health in hunter-gatherers. #Anthropology #Science

YouTube: youtu.be/WdkW2Rtxc24
Podcast: tinyurl.com/2zcxk39r

#1142 Gül Salali: Social Dynamics, Culture, Mental Health and Physical Health in Hunter-Gatherers

YouTube video by The Dissenter

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Jeremy Kendal @jeremykendal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution hard copy

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Jul 18

This is such an exciting project! Good luck with the voyage, @hugospiers.bsky.social and the team!

Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · Jul 17

Nice to be featured in the UCL News ( @uclnews.bsky.social )

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

Scientists join indigenous Pacific sailors to investigate expert navigation skills

A UCL-led group of world-leading scientists is joining Pacific sailors on a voyage like no other – to understand how indigenous navigators expertly find their way by sensing the swells of the ocean.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thanks, Brenna! I will purchase your book asap!

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Jul 17

We often say “it takes a village to raise a child.”
But it also takes a village to raise a parent.
My two cents on motherhood, on @sapiens.org:

Bridget Alex @bridgetalex.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Parenting should not be learned in isolation or all at once—it is a lifelong process embedded in daily life long before one has a child and long after."
Great piece by @denizsalali.bsky.social To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents www.sapiens.org/biology/to-r...

To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents

An anthropologist compares her early motherhood in London with child care experiences in a hunter-gatherer community of Central Africa.

www.sapiens.org

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks @bridgetalex.bsky.social for all your support! I'm so proud of how this piece turned out.

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Jun 26

New podcast episode out now - on my rather windy academic journey, from lab benches in Istanbul to the rainforests of Congo. www.globio.org/deniz/

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · Mar 24

6 funded PhD studentships available on place and memory:

placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

PhD Studentships 2025

We are recruiting six PhD studentships to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory, and how people navigate together in space and time.

placememory.net

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Mar 4

Curious about how children learn in a hunter-gatherer society? Our new mini-documentary is out! Watch here: youtu.be/fAXgXP9JRDA?...

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · Mar 3

1/ 🧵 Are We Really Measuring What Matters? Cross-Cultural Challenges in Developmental Research 🌍👶📏

New paper led by CCE’S lovely @nicolejwen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social , also featuring CCE’s @michelleakline.bsky.social and many others. Supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

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Construct Validity in Cross-Cultural, Developmental Research: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

Construct Validity in Cross-Cultural, Developmental Research: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

www.cambridge.org

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Jan 23

📣Hunter Gatherer Research is currently seeking General Editors. For more information and how to apply, please read the Call for Editors on the LUP website: bit.ly/HGR-editors. ‪@sheinalew.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social ‬

A brown background with the Hunter Gatherer Research journal cover, featuring an orange banner with 'CALL FOR EDITORS'.

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · Jan 30

Our new paper is out! 🚀
BaYaka hunter-gatherer children are 3x more active than WHO recommendations & stay active as they age—unlike US/UK kids, whose activity declines with the start of formal schooling 📉.
Read more in @SciReports:
rdcu.be/d72T1

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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · Jan 21

1/ 🧵 New preprint out today 🤩

With @djsmith90.bsky.social and co we have done deep-dive into grandmothering in the Agta to unpick the role of demography in shaping the role of grandmothers in direct childcare 👇🧪🏺

#Grandmothering #demography #BioAnth #EvPsych

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