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In seemingly unrelated languages from every corner of the globe, the word corresponding to "mother" contains a sound like /ma/, as in "amma," "mama," or "ima." Father words tend to have the /pa/ or /ba/ sound, like "appa," "abba," "baba," or "papa." A discarded hypothesis held that the words for "mother" and "father" had remained largely unchanged from a proto-language from which all modern languages evolved.
The currently favored explanation is that these are the first sounds infants are able to make, with /m/ being slightly easier (and thus developing sooner) than /p/ or /b/, explaining why the primary caretaker (usually the mother) tends to be referred to by words which sound like "mama" in languages all the world over.
Author Archives: Glenn Geher
Signaling Singleness: Mating Intelligence and Black Day
This post was co-authored with Jessica Fell Williams who is an MA student in Psychology at SUNY New Paltz and a member of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. This is cross-posted at the Psychology Today blogs and at the blogroll for … Continue reading
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EvoS Summer Courses from New Paltz – Summer 2013!
Evolutionary Studies Seminar (EVO 301; instructor is Glenn Geher) and Evolution and Human Health (EVO 201; instructor is Hamilton Stapell) will be offered in a fully online format this summer (along with several other courses that comprise New Paltz’s unique … Continue reading
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Evolutionary Psychology for Kids – Part 1
Evolution and Human Behavior – Thoughts for 6th Graders In late 2011, my daughter Megan, then 11, was taking an awesome social studies class in 6th grade. Her teacher, Ms. Naclerio, was very interested in evolution and human origins – … Continue reading
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Mating Intelligence Unleashed is now unleashed!
Good news (at least for me and Scott Barry Kaufman!) – Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The role of the mind in sex, dating, and love has just been released. This book, the product of a great deal of time and energy … Continue reading
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What Academia Should be Like – Anthropology, Gender, Evolution, and Sharing of Ideas in an Academic Community
What Academia Should be Like – Anthropology, Gender, Evolution, and Sharing of Ideas in an Academic Community I was very fortunate to be asked to give a guest lecture in Ben Junge’s Anthropology of Gender class earlier this semester. This … Continue reading
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Welcome to the EvoS Summit!
The following is the official introduction in the program booklet for the EvoS Summit – coming soon! Welcome to the EvoS Summit! October 26, 2012 – at SUNY New Paltz On behalf of the Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) Consortium and the … Continue reading
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The Evolutionary Psychology of Marathon Running: Long May You Run!
Marathon running is not evolutionarily natural. While our ancestors ran a heck of a lot more than we do (on average), 26.2 miles in a single shot is not likely something that our ancestors did frequently. And intensive training for … Continue reading
2012 EvoS Summit at New Paltz – 10/26 – Evolution in Higher Education, Collaboration with Robb Wolf, Grant Activities, and More!
EvoS Summit Conference – 10/26/2012 Since David Sloan Wilson implemented the first undergraduate evolutionary studies (EvoS) program at Binghamton University about a decade ago, the notion of Darwin’s Big Idea guiding educational experiences across academic areas has led to significant … Continue reading
EvoS Summit – Expanding Darwin’s Reach across the Ivory Archipelago
DATE: 10/26 (Friday) TIME: 9:30am – 7:30pm Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/150099508461642/ In recent years, evolution, the most powerful theory in the life sciences, has been applied to academic questions that span across all islands of academia. From anthropology to literary studies … Continue reading
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The Motivated Ape: Lessons from a 5K in the Outerbanks of North Carolina
The human spirit is amazing. I write from a beach house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where my brothers (Seth and Adam) and I – and our families – are doing our first annual all-family vacation. In modern … Continue reading
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