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Emma Nelson
@ecnelson67.bsky.social
PhD Evolutionary Anthropology, teaches clinical communication, ex-nurse, ex-midwife, Labour Party
Today’s view. Looking out of a window in the Vet School towards Clinical Skills Dept. University of Liverpool.
November 14, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Earlier in the week…
November 9, 2023 at 8:31 AM
So looking forward to the Mostly Out of Africa Conf in honour of @chrisbstringer.bsky.social and his Huxley Medal - unfortunately getting ill put paid to that. Thanks to my bff Kim for updates/pic. Congratulations Chris!
November 7, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Mothers love their children and carers love their jobs. These, too, are presumably freely chosen pursuits. Yet making mothers and carers pay an earnings penalty is akin to freeriding on that love: a form of exploitation. This is neither just nor efficient.
Societies adhere to an erroneous “stork theory” of child-rearing when they do not account for all the resources required to raise the next generation, writes Pieter Vanhuysse. This helps explain why European countries currently tax rather than subsidise their own reproduction
Europe has a low-fertility problem – so why does it tax its own reproduction?
Societies adhere to an erroneous “stork theory” of child-rearing when they do not account for all the resources required to raise the next generation, writes Pieter Vanhuysse. This helps explain w...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 7, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Emma Nelson
Wowsers, look at this great new paper led by @lucytimbrell96.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 7, 2023 at 12:59 PM
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Happy to share our latest paper on hunter-gatherer mobility in JASR, freely available online here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Moving far or moving often? A neglected axis of variation in hunter-gatherer mobility
As one of the hallmarks of a hunting and gathering lifestyle, mobility is a primary concern for both archaeologists and ethnographers studying hunter-…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 1, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Reposted by Emma Nelson
Happy our paper is out on the effects of fuel emissions from open fires on air quality, health & habitability in prehistory (Palaeolithic, Neolithic & Iron age) authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
November 3, 2023 at 8:49 AM
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My Huxley lecture on Tuesday is being live streamed😬To register please go to us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Mostly Out of Africa Conference programme, abstracts and booking
6 & 7 November 2023 10.00am to Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, London therai.org.uk/events/event...
November 4, 2023 at 7:41 AM