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The most controversial and famous anthropologist of modern time describes his seminal lifelong research among the Yanomamo Indians of the Amazon basin and how his startling observations provoked admiration among many fellow anthropologists and outrage among others.
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…tell us what human nature is Two excellent books on the topic: "The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature" by Matt Ridley https://www.amazon.com/Red-Queen-Evolution-Human-Nature/dp/0... "Noble Savages" by Napoleon Chagnon https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Savages-Dangerous-Yanomamo-Anth... I can sum it up with human nature is our evolved behavior, rather than learned behavior.
on “Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's brief ousting” ↗…threatened to kill her if she refused--so in a sense she was indirectly selecting for this type of man. An interesting read on this topic is the very book being dissed in the article--Napoleon Chagnon's "Noble Savages". According to this article, Chagnon met the Yanomamo in a state more exposed to our civilization, but even then many of the high-ranking men come across exactly as I described above: charming when they…
on “The survival skills of Helena Valero” ↗