by johnshaver | Aug 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Religion in The Gambia scaffolds broad allomaternal support, but not from fathers or their relatives John H. Shaver, Laure Spake, Radim Chvaja Compared to our closest primate relatives, humans have more children and they have them more often. Human children also...
by johnshaver | Mar 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
The rise of love marriages? How market integration is changing how people marry in Matlab, Bangladesh By Susie Schaffnit & Mary Shenk Hollywood films portray marriage as a celebration of love between two people – a couple meets, falls in love, and then eventually...
by johnshaver | Jul 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Evolution of the Evolutionary Demography of Religion Project By John Shaver When I was a graduate student at UConn, my advisor, Rich Sosis, invited Eric Kaufmann to campus to give a talk about his new book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and...
by johnshaver | Mar 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Data collection in West Kiang, The Gambia By Anne Cathrine Petersen Thanks to our great team in West Kiang, our data collection is progressing well. Here is part of the team: Lamin Sanyang, Tumbulu Drammeh, Jainaba Badjie, and Alieu Bah. More news articles Data...
by johnshaver | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Did you receive a post card in the mail from Penn State? By Anne Cathrine Petersen Penn State University is currently collecting data in Pittsburgh, PA. The Survey Research Center has sent out over 10,000 postcards to the Greater Pittsburgh Area. If you received one...
by johnshaver | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Kinship and religion: How religion improves relationships with relatives By Robert Lynch My grandparents were Mennonite farmers from the Ukraine. They emigrated to Canada when they were 11 and 12 years old, shortly after the Ukrainian famine of 1921-1922, during which...
