Modern Wisdom

#604 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Story Of Human Friendship

Mar 20, 2023

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The Differences Between Male and Female Friendship

02:21

Men's Clubs Are a Neolithic Version of Gerry Springer

04:59

The Difference Between Mens and Women's Friendships

04:13

Men and the Hub and Speak Model in Relationships and Friendships

04:01

Introduction

4min

The Social Brain Hypothesis for Monkeys and Apes

5min

The Evolution of Human Social Groups

6min

Do You Know How to Live in Groups?

3min

Is Concealed Ovulation in Humans a Cause of Predation Risk?

4min

The Trade-Off Between Survival and Fertility

6min

How Primates Manage the Fertility Problem

4min

Primate Cognition Skills

5min

Growing Season and Pathogen Densities Correlate With Latitude

3min

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The Evolution of Horticulture

4min

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Men's Clubs Are a Neolithic Version of Gerry Springer

5min

12.

What Religion Does Through Its Rituals

1min

13.

Farming and the End of the World

2min

14.

The Agriculture Problem in South Africa

2min

15.

The Response to Slavery by the Zuni in South Africa

4min

16.

How Did Women Mitigate the Messing Up of Their Fertility Cycle?

5min

17.

The Difference Between Mens and Women's Friendships

4min

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What Are the Differences Between Male and Female Friendships?

4min

19.

Men and the Hub and Speak Model in Relationships and Friendships

4min

20.

Eskimo's and the Mortality Rate

3min

21.

Women Using Males as Hired Guns

5min

22.

The Male Over Perception Bias of Attraction

5min

23.

What's Next for the Business World? - I'm a Monster You're an Absolute Beast

3min

Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford and an author.

Most animals need friends to survive. But no other animal has as layered and complex a social life as humans. The last 2 million years from trees to plains to apartments has caused huge changes to the setup of our social groups, and it's a fascinating story.

Expect to learn why any group size over 90 ends up with more people being killed than being born, why men don't have a best friend forever but women do, the link between human brain size and social groups, how male and female friendships differ, why the modern world has the most loneliness ever, what the single largest impact on your health is and much more...

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