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@dougjonescarg.bsky.social

Human kinship: population genetics, language and cognition, social anthropology. Sexual selection. Race and cognition. Afro-Brazilian religion. Carg is my Neanderthal name.

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Extraordinary siblings: Mole rats, marmosets, and Radcliffe-Brown According to the theory of kin selection, an organism that shows some level of altruism toward her kin โ€“ lowering her own fitness, raising that of a close genetic relative โ€“ may enjoy an evolutionary ...

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29.05.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Socially Enforced Nepotism in a nutshell:

Haldane: Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.

Me: Together with my sister, I would to save three brothers.

2/3 > 1/2

29.05.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Logarithmic History The history of the universe -- from the Big Bang to the end of the year -- day by day

I signed on here recently, interested in evolutionary anthropology. Also have side project/hobby, history of universe from Big Bang to present year, every year 1 day a time, on logarithmic scale. Now, May 28, up to Australopithecus. Blog logarithmichistory.wordpress.com, tweets x.com/logarithmic_h

28.05.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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