G. Deniz Salali
@denizsalali.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology at University College London.
Really enjoyed talking with Ricardo Lopes (@thedissenteryt.bsky.social) about cultural evolution, social structure, and wellbeing in hunter-gatherers. Thanks for having me on your excellent channel!
New episode (1142), with Dr. Gül Salali. We talk about social dynamics, culture, mental health and physical health in hunter-gatherers. #Anthropology #Science
YouTube: youtu.be/WdkW2Rtxc24
Podcast: tinyurl.com/2zcxk39r
YouTube: youtu.be/WdkW2Rtxc24
Podcast: tinyurl.com/2zcxk39r
#1142 Gül Salali: Social Dynamics, Culture, Mental Health and Physical Health in Hunter-Gatherers
YouTube video by The Dissenter
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August 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Really enjoyed talking with Ricardo Lopes (@thedissenteryt.bsky.social) about cultural evolution, social structure, and wellbeing in hunter-gatherers. Thanks for having me on your excellent channel!
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Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social
This is such an exciting project! Good luck with the voyage, @hugospiers.bsky.social and the team!
July 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is such an exciting project! Good luck with the voyage, @hugospiers.bsky.social and the team!
We often say “it takes a village to raise a child.”
But it also takes a village to raise a parent.
My two cents on motherhood, on @sapiens.org:
But it also takes a village to raise a parent.
My two cents on motherhood, on @sapiens.org:
"Parenting should not be learned in isolation or all at once—it is a lifelong process embedded in daily life long before one has a child and long after."
Great piece by @denizsalali.bsky.social To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents www.sapiens.org/biology/to-r...
Great piece by @denizsalali.bsky.social To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents www.sapiens.org/biology/to-r...
To Raise Children, We Must First Raise Parents
An anthropologist compares her early motherhood in London with child care experiences in a hunter-gatherer community of Central Africa.
www.sapiens.org
July 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We often say “it takes a village to raise a child.”
But it also takes a village to raise a parent.
My two cents on motherhood, on @sapiens.org:
But it also takes a village to raise a parent.
My two cents on motherhood, on @sapiens.org:
New podcast episode out now - on my rather windy academic journey, from lab benches in Istanbul to the rainforests of Congo. www.globio.org/deniz/
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New podcast episode out now - on my rather windy academic journey, from lab benches in Istanbul to the rainforests of Congo. www.globio.org/deniz/
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Curious about how children learn in a hunter-gatherer society? Our new mini-documentary is out! Watch here: youtu.be/fAXgXP9JRDA?...
March 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Curious about how children learn in a hunter-gatherer society? Our new mini-documentary is out! Watch here: youtu.be/fAXgXP9JRDA?...
Reposted by G. Deniz Salali
1/ 🧵 Are We Really Measuring What Matters? Cross-Cultural Challenges in Developmental Research 🌍👶📏
New paper led by CCE’S lovely @nicolejwen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social , also featuring CCE’s @michelleakline.bsky.social and many others. Supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
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New paper led by CCE’S lovely @nicolejwen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social , also featuring CCE’s @michelleakline.bsky.social and many others. Supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
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Construct Validity in Cross-Cultural, Developmental Research: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Construct Validity in Cross-Cultural, Developmental Research: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement
www.cambridge.org
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
1/ 🧵 Are We Really Measuring What Matters? Cross-Cultural Challenges in Developmental Research 🌍👶📏
New paper led by CCE’S lovely @nicolejwen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social , also featuring CCE’s @michelleakline.bsky.social and many others. Supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
🔗👇
New paper led by CCE’S lovely @nicolejwen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social , also featuring CCE’s @michelleakline.bsky.social and many others. Supported by @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
🔗👇
Reposted by G. Deniz Salali
📣Hunter Gatherer Research is currently seeking General Editors. For more information and how to apply, please read the Call for Editors on the LUP website: bit.ly/HGR-editors. @sheinalew.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📣Hunter Gatherer Research is currently seeking General Editors. For more information and how to apply, please read the Call for Editors on the LUP website: bit.ly/HGR-editors. @sheinalew.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social
Our new paper is out! 🚀
BaYaka hunter-gatherer children are 3x more active than WHO recommendations & stay active as they age—unlike US/UK kids, whose activity declines with the start of formal schooling 📉.
Read more in @SciReports:
rdcu.be/d72T1
BaYaka hunter-gatherer children are 3x more active than WHO recommendations & stay active as they age—unlike US/UK kids, whose activity declines with the start of formal schooling 📉.
Read more in @SciReports:
rdcu.be/d72T1
January 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our new paper is out! 🚀
BaYaka hunter-gatherer children are 3x more active than WHO recommendations & stay active as they age—unlike US/UK kids, whose activity declines with the start of formal schooling 📉.
Read more in @SciReports:
rdcu.be/d72T1
BaYaka hunter-gatherer children are 3x more active than WHO recommendations & stay active as they age—unlike US/UK kids, whose activity declines with the start of formal schooling 📉.
Read more in @SciReports:
rdcu.be/d72T1
Reposted by G. Deniz Salali
1/ 🧵 New preprint out today 🤩
With @djsmith90.bsky.social and co we have done deep-dive into grandmothering in the Agta to unpick the role of demography in shaping the role of grandmothers in direct childcare 👇🧪🏺
#Grandmothering #demography #BioAnth #EvPsych
With @djsmith90.bsky.social and co we have done deep-dive into grandmothering in the Agta to unpick the role of demography in shaping the role of grandmothers in direct childcare 👇🧪🏺
#Grandmothering #demography #BioAnth #EvPsych
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January 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
1/ 🧵 New preprint out today 🤩
With @djsmith90.bsky.social and co we have done deep-dive into grandmothering in the Agta to unpick the role of demography in shaping the role of grandmothers in direct childcare 👇🧪🏺
#Grandmothering #demography #BioAnth #EvPsych
With @djsmith90.bsky.social and co we have done deep-dive into grandmothering in the Agta to unpick the role of demography in shaping the role of grandmothers in direct childcare 👇🧪🏺
#Grandmothering #demography #BioAnth #EvPsych