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G. Deniz Salali

@denizsalali.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology at University College London.

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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Why do people avoid perfectly edible animals? Using data on 57 animals and 200+ hunter-gatherers, I tested several hypotheses. The results support evolved cognitive intuitions rather than pathogen avoidance or conservation explanations. Open access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Why not eat certain animals? Evolved cognitive intuitions shape food taboos in Congo Basin hunter-gatherers
Food taboos and avoidances are widespread across human societies and present a longstanding evolutionary puzzle: why do people refrain from consuming …
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
UCL Anthropology is looking for an Associate Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology (fixed term) covering Evolutionary Medicine and Statistics teaching. Please circulate with colleagues & ECRs who may be interested. Deadline 30th April. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Why do conspiracy beliefs vary across groups? Our new study shows they’re strongly tied to outgroup mistrust + reactance (resisting authority), with clear cross-country differences (Turkey > US > UK). www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @metesefauysal.bsky.social
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Group psychology shapes health conspiracies and conspiracy mentality in three countries - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Group psychology shapes health conspiracies and conspiracy mentality in three countries
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Always about "others"...👇 Group psychology shapes health conspiracies & conspiracy mentality www.nature.com/articles/s41... "...outgroup mistrust and signalling non-conformity play a crucial role in conspiracy beliefs" "...strongly associated with vaccine hesitancy across all three countries"
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New paper out! Using data from 219 BaYaka HGs and 33 plant species, I find that plants used by more people tend to show stronger agreement on their main function. Drop me an email if you don't have access to the paper and would like a PDF copy. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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Plant knowledge among Congo Basin hunter-gatherers: Implications for cultural evolution: Hunter Gatherer Research: Vol 0, No 0
Plants have long been central to human life, from early hominins to contemporary hunter-gatherers and industrialised societies. In many communities, they remain a primary source of treatment alongside or in place of Western medicine. Beyond healing, ...
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
New paper out in American Journal of Human Biology! 🌿 We study bitter taste perception among BaYaka hunter-gatherers to ask a simple question: how much of what we taste is biology, and how much is learned through experience? 📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Bitter Taste Perception in BaYaka Hunter‐Gatherers
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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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Jeremy Kendal @jeremykendal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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
The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution hard copy
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This is such an exciting project! Good luck with the voyage, @hugospiers.bsky.social and the team!
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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:
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
6 funded PhD studentships available on place and memory: placememory.net/apply-now-fo...
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PhD Studentships 2025
We are recruiting six PhD studentships to advance knowledge of the dynamic relations between place and memory, and how people navigate together in space and time.
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Curious about how children learn in a hunter-gatherer society? Our new mini-documentary is out! Watch here: youtu.be/fAXgXP9JRDA?...
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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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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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
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📣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 ‬
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G. Deniz Salali @denizsalali.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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
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Abbey Page @abbeyepage.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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
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