Category Archives: Cultural Evolution

HBES 2012 Roundup 1: Joint Day with the Animal Behavior Society

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Christopher Lynn

The Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES) 2012 Annual Meetings took place this past weekend in Albuquerque, NM, in conjunction with the Animal Behavior Society, hosted by Steve Gangestad & others. I’ve only been to HBES one other time & … Continue reading →

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Religious Ecology Study (in Costa Rica & Tuscaloosa)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Christopher Lynn

In a few weeks I’ll be heading to Limón province in Costa Rica to begin the first phase of what I hope will be a multi-site study of religious ecology. We (my students in the Human Behavioral Ecology Research Group [HBERG] … Continue reading →

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May is National Masturbation Month

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Christopher Lynn

My students asked for more masturbation & here is the resource.  In student evaluation of the Anthropology of Sex course I taught last semester, several students indicated that future iterations of the course should include more discussion of masturbation.  Somehow, … Continue reading →

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