Outputs (2)

The evolution of cultural diversity in Pama-Nyungan Australia (2024)
Journal Article
Learmouth, D., Layton, R. H., & Tehrani, J. J. (2024). The evolution of cultural diversity in Pama-Nyungan Australia. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), Article 945. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03386-7

Explaining the processes that produce cultural diversity has long been a focus of anthropological study. Whilst linguistic diversity has frequently been shown to be associated with population splitting during migrations, much less is known about the... Read More about The evolution of cultural diversity in Pama-Nyungan Australia.

Scars for survival: high cost male initiation rites are strongly associated with desert habitat in Pama-Nyungan Australia (2024)
Journal Article
Learmouth, D., Layton, R., & Tehrani, J. (2024). Scars for survival: high cost male initiation rites are strongly associated with desert habitat in Pama-Nyungan Australia. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(2), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.02.003

Costly ritual behaviours have frequently been of interest to evolutionary researchers seeking to understand whether they have an adaptive benefit. Here we examine the costliness of initiation rituals across a large group of hunter-gather societies in... Read More about Scars for survival: high cost male initiation rites are strongly associated with desert habitat in Pama-Nyungan Australia.