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August 08, 2023

The Dangerous Rise of Extreme Fasting→

August 08, 2023/ CSSC Administrator

- inews.co.uk
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July 20, 2022

Theories on socio-political evolution put to the test→

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- PHYS.org
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September 24, 2021

Mismatch of mindsets: why the Taliban won in Afghanistan→

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June 07, 2021

Is deference to supernatural beings present in infancy?→

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25 May 2021

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January 20, 2021

Shared 'suffering' by fans of the worst Premier League teams creates 'strong social glue', study finds→

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20 January 2021

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January 19, 2021

Fans of less successful football clubs are more loyal to one another→

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December 17, 2020

Unboxing Cultural Rituals: Christmas in Pandemic Times→

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October 21, 2020

Band of mothers: Childbirth as a female bonding experience→

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August 14, 2020

Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic?→

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May 29, 2019

The Ancient Rites That Gave Birth To Religion→

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29 May 2019

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March 22, 2019

Which came first: society or a fear of god?→

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March 22, 2019

Complex societies existed before a belief in moralising gods→

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March 22, 2019

The God threshold: why societies don’t need a moral deity until they hit one million→

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March 22, 2019

Which Came First, God or Society, Scientists Think They Have an Answer→

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March 22, 2019

When Ancient Societies Hit a Million People, Vengeful Gods Appeared→

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March 22, 2019

Humans Built Complex Societies Before They Invented Moral Gods→

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March 21, 2019

Big Religion May Have Gotten Too Much Credit for the Evolution of Modern Society→

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March 21, 2019

What came first: all-seeing gods or large societies?→

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Solving Global Problems Requires Global Cohesion

Whitehouse, H., et al. (2025) New England Journal of Public Policy.

Against interpretive exclusivism

Whitehouse, H. (2024). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

Anthropology in Action in Vanuatu: Troubleshooting Disaster Relief in the Wake of Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin

Whitehouse, H. & Tanguay, J. (2024). Anthropology in Action.

Rethinking ritual: how rituals made our world and how they could save it

Whitehouse, H. (2023) Journal of the Royal Anthrological Institute.

Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

Whitehouse, H. (2018) Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42.

The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences

Whitehouse, H., et al. (2017). Nature: Scientific Reports 7.

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