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Costa Rican Religious Ecology Study: Bringing in the Bribrí

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Christopher Lynn

There is nothing like sleeping on the floor of the ticketing area of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport to celebrate a successful field season of collecting preliminary data to inaugurate the Religious Ecology Study (see here, here, & here for previous introductions). … 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 →

Posted in Adaptation, Anthropology, Cultural Evolution | Tagged Costa Rica, Religious ecology study, Tuscaloosa | 4 Comments

#2016Highlights Month-by-Month: Part 2

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Christopher Lynn

Contrary to the sense of things at the end with the triumph of he-who-shall-not-be-named and the demise of so many beloved friends and celebrities, 2016 was actually a banner friggin’ year for some of us personally, as I began addressing … Continue reading →

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Tuscaloosa is BEST: Prosociality in Tuscaloosa

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Christopher Lynn

This past spring I started a study called the Belongingness Ecology Study Tuscaloosa (BEST). Like the Religious Ecology Study Tuscaloosa (REST) before it & over which I consider it an umbrella project, it grew out of the readings & activities … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Cultural Evolution | Tagged Belongingness Ecology Study, BEST, Dan Kruger, Daniel O'Brien, David Sloan Wilson, Developmental Assets Profile, Flint, group selection, lost-letter study, Madagascar, multi-level selection, Newcastle-on-Tyne, prosociality, Religious ecology study, REST, Search Institute, Tuscaloosa | Comments Off

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere: E.O. Wilson’s Social Conquest of Earth

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Christopher Lynn

Edward O. Wilson was the first speaker for this year’s ALLELE series at the University of Alabama. I began a post on his talk soon after but found it so boring I didn’t come back to it. Then Max Stein … Continue reading →

Posted in Evolution in the Classroom | Tagged Alabama, ALLELE, E.O. Wilson, eusociality, multi-level selection, Religious ecology study, Richard Wrangham | Comments Off

Parasites & Religion in Costa Rica

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Christopher Lynn

I really don’t have anything to report about parasites in Costa Rica yet, or religion for that matter, but we did arrive yesterday to begin preliminary data collection for the Costa Rican Religious Ecology Study, as I’ve been calling it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Cultural Evolution, Evolution and Scientific Method, Hypotheses | Tagged Costa Rica, Religious ecology study | 1 Comment

HBES 2012 Roundup 4: Father’s Day & the Parasite-Driven Wedge

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Christopher Lynn

So I blew Father’s Day. Totally didn’t realize I’d booked myself to go to HBES on Father’s Day. And much as I love my dad, it wasn’t because I wasn’t going to be with him. It was because my wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Cultural Evolution, Evolution and Psychology, Hypotheses | Tagged behavioral immune system, Corey Fincher, Costa Rica, Father's Day, HBES, Human Behavior & Evolution Society, Karen Wynn, Li Mate Value Inventory, parasite-driven wedge, Randy Thornhill, Religious ecology study | 4 Comments

#2016Highlights Month-by-Month: Part 1

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Christopher Lynn

Though the end of 2016 was miserable, most of the year was awesome, and it’s important that we have a little perspective. At my house, we have a dinner ritual called “Good Thing/Bad Thing” or GTBT. We each take turns … Continue reading →

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Undergraduate Editors

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Hadassah Head

Meet our Undergraduate Editorial Review Board (uERB) and Leadership Development Team (LDT) More photos and bios coming soon! Michael Annese, SUNY Buffalo My Name is Michael Annese and I am a junior at the State University of New York … Continue reading →

GUEST POST: 1st Annual Darwin Day Colloquium at University of Alabama

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Christopher Lynn

On February 12, 2013, the UA EvoS Club hosted its 1st annual Darwin Day Colloquium. Aside from helping out with ALLELE speakers for the past few years, this was the first major activity of the UA EvoS Club, & I … Continue reading →

Posted in Evolution in Higher Education, Evolution in the Classroom | Tagged biophilia, E.O. Wilson, guest post, Jaime Cloud, University of Alabama | Comments Off