
jonathan r goodman
@jonathnrgoodman
social scientist @sangerinstitute and research associate @campubhealth
Invisible Rivals forthcoming with @yalepress mid 25
mostly inactive here
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http://www.jonathanrgoodman.com 04-06-2016 16:42:25
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Really enjoyed reviewing David Samson's Our Tribal Future for New Scientist. A really interesting dive into how our ancient past fuels many of the hatreds of today — and what we can do about it. A cool book from Footnote Press! newscientist.com/article/240229…

📣In a new paper, jonathan r goodman shows that cooperation may arise in populations only because cheaters don’t have the opportunity to free ride, with implications for theories of punishment in the evolutionary social sciences and anthropology. 👉More: arch.cam.ac.uk/news/problem-o…


'Cultural shifts outpace biology, enabling humans to adapt behaviors for complex social settings quickly.' jonathan r goodman | We live in a world of conflict and competition. Why has kindness persisted? buff.ly/46JRsml buff.ly/46JRsml

Check out our latest feature story, Minds and Movement, which focuses on how displacement can lead to intergenerational trauma, by jonathan r goodman and Becky Wolfe With many thanks to Alexandra Green of the British Museum and Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement cph.shorthandstories.com/minds-and-move…


NEW✨✨ tenure-track lectureship in Human Evolution CambridgeBioAnth Cambridge Archaeology ‼️🥰🎉 jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44717/ come and join this amazing team!! Deadline 2 April pls RT 😀


Really enjoyed speaking with Antony J Funnell for this great podcast on isolation and cultural evolution. The latter of these really can affect the world of health and wellbeing in surprising ways! abc.net.au/listen/program…

The recent Wonka experience in Glasgow has led to a lot of memes and jokes, but it also shows we need to get better about detecting fakery in the age of AI. Luckily, evolutionary biology has a toolkit that can show us how! My latest for New Scientist: newscientist.com/article/mg2613…


Interspecific competition played an important, previously ignored, and unusual role in hominin speciation and extinction - read my latest paper in NatureEcoEvo here: rdcu.be/dE0vz Dept of Zoology Cambridge Archaeology



This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we are highlighting the many ways both mentally and/or physically that create #MomentsForMovement Here's our amazing Dr Sui-Mee Chan walking in all weathers! 👟🌧️ ruddcentre.com

Watch this! ⚽ Our Comms Consultant Nina Rowley enjoys playing footie with her family to boost wellbeing. Sound on! 📢 👟 bit.ly/3yroHPX #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MomentsForMovement

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, including two new risks – high cholesterol and vision loss, according to a new The Lancet commission involving CPH researchers. cph.cam.ac.uk/news/preventin…


“My advice would be to avoid the gambler's fallacy." APCO Managing Director, Dani Lebor (Daniella Lebor), joined Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts on Bloomberg Radio's UK Politics Podcast to discuss how politicians use social media. 👇Click on the video to listen to the full podcast.

Could you spot someone faking your accent? 🗣️ New research by jonathan r goodman shows that people from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England excel at it, and suggests why 👇 cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

Scots, Irish and northerners can spot when you're faking it, says Darwin alumnus jonathan r goodman. A study published today compares the ability of people from across the UK and Ireland to tell real local accents from mimicry. cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

You know you've made it when your academic study appears as a round on #HIGNFY! Very excited to spot recently published research by Darwin alumnus jonathan r goodman featuring on Friday night's episode (at 18:20). bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…


We are so excited to share that Yale University Press has acquired the ground-breaking first book, Invisible Rivals, from social scientist jonathan r goodman. Please follow the link to see the full deal announcement on our website, here: bit.ly/41K8QIa