On Nov 26, 6:30pm at Radical Anthropology we are hosting Tamas David-Barrett on his exciting recent book’Gendered Species. A natural history of patriarchy’ LIVE @UCLanthropology and on ZOOM(ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak)
Dr. Tamás Dávid-Barrett is an evolutionary behavioural scientist at the University of Oxford. His science is multi-disciplinary, occupying the overlap between anthropology, biology, economics, sociology, psychology, and network science.
Gendered Species: A Natural History of Patriarchy offers a reframing of our species’ current debate about gender norms. It shows why behavioural norms are different for women than for men in all societies, why these rules vary across cultures, and why they change through time. Although random cultural differences, institutions, & power structures play a role, these all have their roots in ecological factors and evolved social behaviour. The book provides a science-based, non-political, and calm assessment of the evolution and variation of gender norms. It explores how humans became the only gendered species, why our ancestors were mostly gender equal, and how that gave rise to patriarchal systems all around the world within merely a few thousand years.
He will be speaking LIVE in the Daryll Forde Seminar Room, 2nd Floor of UCL Anthropology Dept. Come in good time by 6:30pm before doors close please. You can also join on ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak