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The toothless skull from Dmanisi (left) and a computer model of the skull, showing what it should look like if the tooth sockets did not disappear (right)

Caring Homo erectus

November 27, 2012by Adam Benton 3 Comments

Empathy is an important human emotion, forming the foundation of the social emotions which underpin our communities. Our desire to care for one another – often at great personal cost […]

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Anatomy, Archaeology, Chimps, Evolution, Human evolution, Migration, Prehistory, Primate, Primatology, Relationships, Science, Technology
Darker patches indicated more oxytocin receptors for a monogamous vole (left) and promiscuous vole (right)

Are humans supposed to be monogamous?

June 20, 2012by Adam Benton 40 Comments

This Wednesday question (or “wondering Wednesdays,” or something else witty and alliterative. Suggestions please) comes from Colin who asks Just wondering if there is evoanth suggesting hominids are monogamous creatures […]

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Anthropology, Psychology, Question, Relationships, Science
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Sexual selection in humans: What is attractive and why

May 4, 2012by Adam Benton 48 Comments

Some parts of human appearance seem to be adaptations to make an individual more attractive to the opposite sex. This posts investigates what they are and how reliable the research into them is.

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Evolution, Human evolution, Psychology, Relationships, Science

The impersonal past and present

April 29, 2012by Adam Benton 1 Comment

One of the more feared words in archaeology is “palimsest.” It refers to the principle that a single layer of sediment (or stratum) is not always made by a single […]

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Personal, Relationships
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“Christmas parties” of the Upper Palaeolithic

March 13, 2012by Adam Benton Leave a comment

I’ve previously discussed how one of the lesser known reasons forHomo sapienssuccess, particularly at higher latitudes, is our ability to divide a large group into several smaller groups to more […]

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Anthropology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Prehistory, Relationships, Science
Whereabouts the various species fall on the 2D:4D scale and which species (and behaviour) they match best with.

The evolution of monogomy, redux

March 5, 2012by Adam Benton 2 Comments

For those of you who’ve been following this blog you should be able to recall that last week I wrote about a paper that purported to identify the development of […]

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Archaeology, Evolution, Human evolution, Primate, Relationships, Science
I would explain this if I could understand it.

The evolution of monogamy

February 29, 2012by Adam Benton 14 Comments

Humans have a rather bizarre relationships structure in which multiple, monogamous families live together. Whilst there may well be an “alpha” male he does not monopolise the females, instead allowing […]

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Anthropology, Archaeology, Evolution, Human evolution, Relationships, Science

Scientific pick-up tips

December 24, 2011by Adam Benton Leave a comment

Recently I examined an article that suggested we may sexually imprint on our parents and seek out mates similar to them (or at least I like to think I examined […]

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Psychology, Relationships, Science

People sexually imprint on parents?

December 23, 2011by Adam Benton Leave a comment

I recently spied an article in my Google Scholar alert feed that had a rather interesting abstract. This study investigates spousal correlation and mate preference for height in the Japanese […]

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Psychology, Relationships, Science

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Adam Benton

Adam Benton

I'm studying evolutionary anthropology at the University of Liverpool. I'm currently in my third year of an undergraduate degree, hoping to progress onto a PhD someday. I'm too interested in human evolution for my own good, so decided to write a blog on it.

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