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How can evolutionary behavioural sciences help us understand behaviour in a pandemic?
By Dr Emily Emmott
Chimpanzee behaviour and environmental variability
One of the reasons humans are so resilient is our ability to mould our behaviour to ever changing situations. It wasn’t so long ago that many of us hugged when we met. In the middle of a pandemic, in which close contact between people can help spread a deadly virus, we now stand (often awkwardly) two meters apart. This is just one example of our ability to adapt to changing circumstances that can otherwise be harmful. This capacity to cope and respond flexibly to unpredictable changes in our environment has shaped our evolution.
Open Events: UCL Evolutionary Anthropology Seminar Series Autumn 2020
Join us for an exciting series of seminars at UCL Evolutionary Anthropology this term!
The seminars will take place online (via Zoom) on Tuesdays 15:00-16:30 GMT. It is free and open to all. To join, please register by clicking here.
How human behaviour affects virus evolution
By Dr Deniz Salali (see profile)
COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2), but coronaviruses have been among us for years.
Communal Breeding and Breastfeeding: How to Support Mothers?
by Dr Emily Emmott (see profile)
Humans as Communal Breeders
What do animals know of death? The case in Baboons
A paper by Dr Alecia Carter (see profile), titled Baboon thanatology: responses of filial and non-filial group members to infants' corpses was p
What Do Machine Learning & Hunter-Gatherer Children Have in Common?
by Dr Deniz Salali (see profile), extract from blog originally published in Scientific American.
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