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Animal ‘Culture Wars’; Evidence from the Wild? (2008)
Other
Kendal, R. (2008). Animal ‘Culture Wars’; Evidence from the Wild?

If we observe orang-utans blowing raspberries before bedtime, what does this mean? And why should psychologists, with their focus on human behaviour, be interested? This article looks at what constitutes evidence for ‘culture’ in animals, and why the... Read More about Animal ‘Culture Wars’; Evidence from the Wild?.

Baboon sexual swellings: Information content of size and color (2008)
Journal Article
Higham, J. P., MacLarnon, A. M., Ross, C., Heistermann, M., & Semple, S. (2008). Baboon sexual swellings: Information content of size and color. Hormones and Behavior, 53(3), 452-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.019

Environmental Cosmopolitans: Introduction. (2008)
Journal Article
Campbell, B. (2008). Environmental Cosmopolitans: Introduction. Nature and Culture, 3(1), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.3167/nc.2008.030102

"It's sort of like being a detective": Understanding how Australian men self-monitor their health prior to seeking help (2008)
Journal Article
Smith, J., Braunack-Mayer, A., Wittert, G., & Warin, M. (2008). "It's sort of like being a detective": Understanding how Australian men self-monitor their health prior to seeking help. BMC Health Services Research, 8, Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-56

Background: It is commonly held that men delay help seeking because they are ignorant about and disinterested in their health. However, this discussion has not been informed by men's lay perspectives, which have remained almost entirely absent from s... Read More about "It's sort of like being a detective": Understanding how Australian men self-monitor their health prior to seeking help.

Alternative reproductive tactics in primates (2008)
Book Chapter
Setchell, J. (2008). Alternative reproductive tactics in primates. In R. Oliveira, M. Taborsky, & H. Brockmann (Eds.), Alternative reproductive tactics : an integrative approach (373-398). Cambridge University Press

A wide diversity of reproductive strategies and alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) have evolved to promote the reproductive success of individual male and female primates. Intraspecific variation in male mating strategies has received far more a... Read More about Alternative reproductive tactics in primates.

Health, Risk, and Adversity (2008)
Book
Panter-Brick, C., & Fuentes, A. (Eds.). (2008). Health, Risk, and Adversity. Berghahn Journals

Research on health involves evaluating the disparities that are systematically associated with the experience of risk, including genetic and physiological variation, environmental exposure to poor nutrition and disease, and social marginalization. Th... Read More about Health, Risk, and Adversity.

Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa (2008)
Journal Article
Porter, G. (2008). Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa. Progress in Development Studies, 8(3), 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/146499340800800306

The first progress report in this transport series presented an overview of major current transport research themes and gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa from a social science perspective. This second report is specifically concerned with gender and, in par... Read More about Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa.

Bodies, mothers and identities: rethinking obesity and the BMI (2008)
Journal Article
Warin, M., Turner, K., Moore, V., & Davies, M. (2008). Bodies, mothers and identities: rethinking obesity and the BMI. Sociology of Health & Illness, 30(1), 97-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01029.x

Despite the intense level of attention directed towards obesity, there has been limited success in addressing the rising rates of this public health phenomenon. This paper argues that current approaches to obesity fail to consider concepts of embodim... Read More about Bodies, mothers and identities: rethinking obesity and the BMI.

Predictors of age at menarche in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study (2008)
Journal Article
Blell, M., Pollard, T., & Pearce, M. (2008). Predictors of age at menarche in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Journal of Biosocial Science, 40(4), 563-575. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932007002696

Several studies have found relationships between early life factors (birth weight, length of gestation, height, weight, duration of breast-feeding, maternal age, social class, periods of infection, presence of adverse life events, and quality of hous... Read More about Predictors of age at menarche in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study.

Urban-rural contrasts in explanatory models and treatment-seeking behaviours for stroke in Tanzania (2008)
Journal Article
Mshana, G., Hampshire, K., Panter-Brick, C., & Walker, R. (2008). Urban-rural contrasts in explanatory models and treatment-seeking behaviours for stroke in Tanzania. Journal of Biosocial Science, 40(1), 35-52. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932007002295

Stroke is an emerging problem in sub-Saharan Africa, about which little is known since most research to date has been based on retrospective, hospital-based studies. This anthropological work, designed to complement a large community-based project on... Read More about Urban-rural contrasts in explanatory models and treatment-seeking behaviours for stroke in Tanzania.

The inspirational night dream in the motivation and justification of Jihad (2008)
Other
Edgar, I. (2008). The inspirational night dream in the motivation and justification of Jihad

Uncommon ground : landscapes as social geography (2008)
Book Chapter
Strang, V. (2008). Uncommon ground : landscapes as social geography. In B. David, & J. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of landscape archaeology (51-59). Left Coast

In Context: Meaning, Materiality and Agency in the Process of Archaeological Recording (2008)
Book Chapter
Yarrow, T. (2008). In Context: Meaning, Materiality and Agency in the Process of Archaeological Recording. In C. Knappett, & L. Malafouris (Eds.), Material agency : towards a non-anthropocentric approach (121-138). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74711-8_7

Seeing ourselves: interpreting the visual signs of illness (2008)
Book Chapter
Macnaughton, J. (2008). Seeing ourselves: interpreting the visual signs of illness. In M. Evans, R. Ahlzen, I. Heath, & J. Macnaughton (Eds.), Medical humanities companion : symptom (71-85). Radcliffe Publishing

Anthropology from the desk? The challenges of the emerging era of data sharing (2008)
Journal Article
Elton, S., & Cardini, A. (2008). Anthropology from the desk? The challenges of the emerging era of data sharing. Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 86, 209-212

Sunat for girls in southern Thailand: Its relation to traditional midwifery, male circumcision and other obstetrical practices (2008)
Journal Article
Merli, C. (2008). Sunat for girls in southern Thailand: Its relation to traditional midwifery, male circumcision and other obstetrical practices. Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration, 3(2), 32-41

Among the Thai- and Malay-speaking Muslims living in southern Thailand, the traditional midwife (alternatively called mootamjae in Thai or bidan in Malay) performs a mild form of female genital cutting (FGC) on baby girls. This article is based on ma... Read More about Sunat for girls in southern Thailand: Its relation to traditional midwifery, male circumcision and other obstetrical practices.