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Jordie Hoffman

@lcdrgeordi.bsky.social

Biological anthropologist at the University of Utah https://geordiehoffman.github.io/

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Vivek V. Venkataraman@vivek123.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We all know that land leeches are incredibly annoying. In our new paper, we ask: could they also transmit disease? Perhaps so, though local peoples do not seem to recognize them as disease vectors. academic.oup.com/trstmh/advan...

Ethno-etiology meets virology: land leeches (family: Haemadipsidae) as potential disease vectors

AbstractObjectives. Hematophagous terrestrial leeches are common in rainforest habitats and widely regarded as pests. Despite limited research, circumstant

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Ed Hagen@edhagen.net · 6mo ago

1. In this paper, we included this word cloud of the top 200 words in the volume Man the Hunter. A reader wondered how could the top 200 words in a book with the title "Man the Hunter" include "woman" but not "man"? Doh! 🧪 #rstats #BioAnth #AcademicSky 🧵

The top 200 words in the original word cloud (not in order of frequency): settlement birdsell vary complex bear archeological specific winter average call understand residence change expect total adaptation region ecology move percent close record share central occupy disease exist feature vegetable community development knowledge common single territory analysis primary distribution occupation maintain reason territorial modern represent level chapter discussion nature increase relationship simple find kinship practice section estimate type water south period eskimo bushman species require condition economic organization subsistence base relate density pattern provide carry obtain north child size animal society evidence researchrule question ecological male tribe tie people life define family female activity gather band unit food forest square bring human model material marry rate kill structure form local time mile hunt marriage site note sense land adult evolution aboriginal fish live term hunter social early australia paper function determine world variation relation supply symposium degree person hadza population hand occur gatherer tool coast mother limit system include situation task variable woman behavior camp datum view plant extend factor resource mean ethnographic individual study detail source cultural tribal australian range remain result meat lack field aborigine suggest culture large game figure report discuss process difference environment importance table involve river pleistocene kind season control exchange collect similar wife mammal diet basis recent subsection prehistoric deal composition observe account
Ed Hagen@edhagen.net · 7mo ago

Our review of the import of the Man the Hunter conference and volume, which contrary to recent media coverage actually expressed diverse views on hunter-gatherers and inspired decades of research, is now published 🧪 #BioAnth authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Jordie Hoffman@lcdrgeordi.bsky.social · last yr.

I am in Paris right now, the final home of Georges Condominas, so I saw it fitting to mention it is his birthday today! He is famous for his avant-garde ethnographic writing style, which would now be akin to reflexive ethnography. 🧵 (1/3)

Georges Condominas sitting in a chair smoking a lit cigar.
Human Behavior & Evolution Society@humbehevosoc.bsky.social · last yr.

Ray Hames made foundational contributions to human behavioral ecology in topics as diverse as food & labor exchange, human ecology, marriage, kinship, & parental investment, & served HBES & other societies in multiple roles. Congrats to Ray for winning the HBES Lifetime Achievement Award!

Jordie Hoffman@lcdrgeordi.bsky.social · last yr.

New research shows water de-fluoridation “disproportionately affects uninsured children.” Glad to see Calgary bringing fluoridated water back! Great news for the dental health of kids in low-income households. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Projected Outcomes of Removing Fluoride From US Public Water Systems

This cost-effectiveness analysis evaluates a large sample of US children to determine the associations of fluoridation cessation with oral health and national dental care costs.

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Jan-Werner Mueller@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · last yr.

Colleagues at MIT on the evolution of street life: "...the average walking speed has increased by 15%, while the time spent lingering ... has halved." "...the frequency of group encounters declined ... urban residents increasingly view streets as thoroughfares rather than as social spaces."

Shifting Patterns of Social Interaction: Exploring the Social Life of Urban Spaces Through A.I.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Jordie Hoffman@lcdrgeordi.bsky.social · last yr.

New research shows LLMs may outperform humans in shifting others' opinions. But these results come with some important caveats… (1/7) 🧵

Francesco Salvi@frasalvi.bsky.social · last yr.

📢📜 Excited to share that our paper "On the conversational persuasiveness of GPT-4" has been published in Nature Human Behaviour! 🤖 Key takeaway: LLMs can already reach superhuman persuasiveness, especially when given access to personalized information www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Jordie Hoffman@lcdrgeordi.bsky.social · last yr.

Let’s not fall for the “lump of labour” fallacy. During the Depression, banning married women from work didn’t reduce unemployment; it deepened inequality. Gendered job cuts didn’t fix the economy; they worsened conditions for the most economically vulnerable families. (1/4)🧵

Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · last yr.

“AI will soon eliminate many jobs. There’s a need to prevent high unemployment that could cause social chaos. Promoting traditional gender roles with separate spheres of work, paid labor & unpaid domestic labor, has the beautiful effect of shrinking the formal labor force when jobs are disappearing”

Jordie Hoffman@lcdrgeordi.bsky.social · last yr.

No matter where I go in the world, pigeons have acted like an anchor when I feel lonely. Each time I see one, I’m reminded of home and feel a little closer to the people and places that make me feel safe. 🧵

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