Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
@l-abadespinoza.bsky.social
PhD in Cultural and Social Anthropology
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A post about my recent publication "Plant Agency gender and ritual in indigenous tropical cultivation systems"
#tubers
#ontology
#Amazonia
#Melanesia
#Domestication
#ritual
#Anthropology
#ethnobiology
A post about my recent publication "Plant Agency gender and ritual in indigenous tropical cultivation systems"
#tubers
#ontology
#Amazonia
#Melanesia
#Domestication
#ritual
#Anthropology
#ethnobiology
The biosocial and cognitive significance of tubers in indigenous cultivation systems
Recent research by Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza from the University of Milano-Bicocca Department of Human Sciences for Education “Riccardo Massa” in Milan, Italy. The illustration above …
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November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...
A post about my recent publication "Plant Agency gender and ritual in indigenous tropical cultivation systems"
#tubers
#ontology
#Amazonia
#Melanesia
#Domestication
#ritual
#Anthropology
#ethnobiology
A post about my recent publication "Plant Agency gender and ritual in indigenous tropical cultivation systems"
#tubers
#ontology
#Amazonia
#Melanesia
#Domestication
#ritual
#Anthropology
#ethnobiology
Reposted by Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
A new biotechnological method enables large-scale production of xanthommatin, the pigment behind cephalopod camouflage, opening possibilities for sustainable materials and cosmetics. doi.org/g982pz
Scientists produce powerhouse pigment behind octopus camouflage
Scientists at UC San Diego have moved one step closer to unlocking a superpower held by some of nature's greatest "masters of disguise." Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and other animals in the cephalopod family are well known for their ability to camouflage, changing the color of their skin to blend in with the environment.
phys.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A new biotechnological method enables large-scale production of xanthommatin, the pigment behind cephalopod camouflage, opening possibilities for sustainable materials and cosmetics. doi.org/g982pz
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#anthropology #ethnography #ethnology #sociality
#ontology #ecology #cosmology
#anthropology #ethnography #ethnology #sociality
#ontology #ecology #cosmology
Trascendiendo la socialidad humana: relaciones eco-cosmológicas entre entidades en la ecosfera | Disparidades. Revista de Antropología
Århem, Kaj. 1981. Makuna Social Organization: A Study in Descent, Alliance and the Formation of Coporate Groups in the North-Western Amazon. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.
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July 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reposted by Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
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This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
Plant Agency, Gender, and Ritual in Indigenous Tropical Cultivation Systems - Human Ecology
Through an ethnographic and ethnobotanical investigation of Amazonian Shuar gardening practices, I aim to (1) unravel the basic and more complex relationships exhibited by Shuar gardening activities, ...
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June 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
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#anthropology #evolution #anthropocene #zoonoses #pleistocene #holocene #foragers #horticulturalists #traditionalecologicalknowledge #
#anthropology #evolution #anthropocene #zoonoses #pleistocene #holocene #foragers #horticulturalists #traditionalecologicalknowledge #
Disentangling Human Nature: Environment, Evolution and Our Existential Predicament
Throughout
our entire evolutionary history, the physical environment has played a significant
role in shaping humans’ subsistence adaptations. As early humans began to
colonise novel biomes and constr...
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June 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reposted by Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds: our special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B on the diverse evolutionary processes underlying cognitive evolution is out today. Thanks to all our contributors! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929
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June 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds: our special issue of @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B on the diverse evolutionary processes underlying cognitive evolution is out today. Thanks to all our contributors! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Reposted by Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
Animal friendships: These chacma baboons prefer to walk beside their closest friends. Research by Marco Fele et al #primates #anthropology #nature 🧪
Baboons Walk in Line for Friends, Not Safety
Wild baboons organize their travel formations not to avoid predators or compete for food, but simply to stay close to their friends, according to new research that challenges decades of assumptions ab...
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June 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Animal friendships: These chacma baboons prefer to walk beside their closest friends. Research by Marco Fele et al #primates #anthropology #nature 🧪
Reposted by Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
🎥 Just launched: Our Primate Past — a new YouTube channel featuring interviews with leading experts in primatology and biological anthropology. The first 3 interviews are uploaded, with new videos to be added every few days. Subscribe to stay updated!
Our Primate Past
Our Primate Past is a video interview series featuring leading experts in primatology, paleoanthropology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. Through accessible, time-stamped interviews, world-ren...
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June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
🎥 Just launched: Our Primate Past — a new YouTube channel featuring interviews with leading experts in primatology and biological anthropology. The first 3 interviews are uploaded, with new videos to be added every few days. Subscribe to stay updated!
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This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
Plant Agency, Gender, and Ritual in Indigenous Tropical Cultivation Systems - Human Ecology
Through an ethnographic and ethnobotanical investigation of Amazonian Shuar gardening practices, I aim to (1) unravel the basic and more complex relationships exhibited by Shuar gardening activities, ...
link.springer.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
#anthropology #humanecology #amazonia #horticulture #ritual #myth #ontology #ethobotany
Plant Agency, Gender, and Ritual in Indigenous Tropical Cultivation Systems
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June 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM