G D Salali

Biographic Data

ID52375
NAMEG D Salali
GIVEN NAMESG D
FAMILY NAMESalali
SIGNATURESALALI G D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity College London
ORCID0000-0001-9538-3064
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS53
WORKS AS AUTHOR17
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Why not eat certain animals? Evolved cognitive intuitions shape food taboos in Congo Basin hunter-gatherers

    Open AccessG D Salali, GD SalaliARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2026

    Food taboos and avoidances are widespread across human societies and present a longstanding evolutionary puzzle: why do people refrain from consuming nutritionally valuable foods? Drawing on quantitative data from over 200 BaYaka hunter-gatherers concerning 57 animal species in the Congo Basin, I document the prevalence and explanations of animal food taboos in relation to age, sex, and reproductive status. The findings indicate that food avoidan…

  • Bitter Taste Perception in BaYaka Hunter‐Gatherers

    Open AccessSarai Keestra, Inez Derkx et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2026

    Bitter-tasting phenotype differed among BaYaka individuals, with higher proportions of bitter tasters among those born and raised in town compared to those from forest camps. These results suggest that early-life ecological context may contribute towards variation in bitter taste perception, which we hypothesize might be due to differences in exposure to bitter wild plant compounds

  • Plant knowledge among Congo Basin hunter-gatherers

    G D SalaliARTICLEHunter Gatherer Research2026References: 45

    Plants have long been central to human life, from early hominins to contemporary hunter-gatherers and industrialised societies. In many communities, they remain a primary source of treatment alongside or in place of Western medicine. Beyond healing, plants serve diverse functions, including hunting and foraging, ritual practices, and the regulation of social norms. This diversity makes plant knowledge a useful domain for examining how cultural tr…

  • Bargaining between the sexes

    Open AccessAngarika Deb, Daniel Saunders et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2024

    Supplementary data are available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513824000527?via%3Dihub#s4210

  • Sensitive responsiveness and multiple caregiving networks among Mbendjele BaYaka hunter-gatherers

    Open AccessNikhill Chaudhary, G D Salali et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2024Cited by: 3

    Attachment theory postulates that there is a particular style of caregiving that, because of its interaction with our evolved psychology, is most likely to result in healthy psychological development. Attachment research has been criticized because most studies have been conducted with Western populations. Critics argue this has (a) overemphasized the importance of sensitive responsive caregiving and (b) limited our understanding of multiple nonm…

  • Hunter–Gatherer children's close-proximity networks

    Open AccessNikhill Chaudhary, A E Page et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Human Sciences2024References: 13

    Among vertebrates, allomothering (non-maternal care) is classified as cooperative breeding (help from sexually mature non-breeders, usually close relatives) or communal breeding (shared care between multiple breeders who are not necessarily related). Humans have been described with both labels, most frequently as cooperative breeders. However, few studies have quantified the relative contributions of allomothers according to whether they are (a) …

  • Agta hunter–gatherer oral microbiomes are shaped by contact network structure

    Open AccessFederico Musciotto, Begoña Dobón et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Human Sciences2023Cited by: 1References: 6

    Here we investigate the effects of extensive sociality and mobility on the oral microbiome of 138 Agta hunter–gatherers from the Philippines. Our comparisons of microbiome composition showed that the Agta are more similar to Central African BaYaka hunter–gatherers than to neighbouring farmers. We also defined the Agta social microbiome as a set of 137 oral bacteria (only 7% of 1980 amplicon sequence variants) significantly influenced by social co…

  • Stepfamilies, adoption and other forms of the family in hunter-gatherers

    B Hewlett, A H Boyette et al.ARTICLEHunter Gatherer Research2023Cited by: 1References: 37

    The original aim of this Hunter-Gatherer Research special issue was to examine what was known about stepfamilies in hunter-gatherer cultures.While stepfamilies Factors that can contribute to hunter-gatherer children living with non-genetic relatives DivorceTwo demographic factors can contribute substantially to a high frequency of step and adoptive families are high adult mortality and high divorce rates.Marlowe (2010:178) indicates that 'perhaps…

  • Is it good to be bad? An evolutionary analysis of the adaptive potential of psychopathic traits

    Open AccessIoana Ene, Keri Ka‐yee Wong et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Human Sciences2022Cited by: 3References: 5

    Although psychopathy is widely conceptualised as a mental disorder, some researchers question the maladaptive nature of psychopathy, and argue that it might be advantageous from an evolutionary point of view. According to this view, psychopathy can be seen as an evolutionary adaptative strategy that relies on deception and manipulation to gain short-term reproductive benefits. Psychopathy is also identified as a fast life strategy in response to …

  • Does social influence affect Covid-19 vaccination intention among the unvaccinated

    Open AccessG D Salali, Mete Sefa Uysal et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Human Sciences2022Cited by: 1References: 6

    Conformist social influence is a double-edged sword when it comes to vaccine promotion. On the one hand, social influence may increase vaccine uptake by reassuring the hesitant about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine; on the other hand, people may forgo the cost of vaccination when the majority is already vaccinated – giving rise to a public goods dilemma. Here, we examine whether available information on the percentage of double-vaccin…

  • Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures

    Open AccessCourtney B Hilton, Cody J Moser et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2022Cited by: 5References: 97

  • Global Weirding

    Open AccessG D Salali, M Dyble et al.ARTICLEEvolutionary Human Sciences2020Cited by: 6References: 5

  • A friend in need is a friend indeed

    Open AccessDaniel Smith, Daniel Major-Smith et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2019

  • Testing adaptive hypotheses of alloparenting in Agta foragers

    Open AccessA E Page, Matthew G Thomas et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2019Cited by: 12References: 82

  • Characterization of hunter-gatherer networks and implications for cumulative culture

    Open AccessAndrea Bamberg Migliano, A E Page et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2017Cited by: 21References: 31

  • Transmission and development of costly punishment in children

    Open AccessG D Salali, Myriam Juda et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2015

  • Sex equality can explain the unique social structure of hunter-gatherer bands

    Open AccessM Dyble, G D Salali et al.ARTICLEScience2015

    Friends and family? Evolutionary theory stresses the importance of living with kin, not least because they share some of our genes. Nevertheless, a large-scale assessment of contemporary hunter-gatherer societies has established a consistent pattern of unrelated individuals living together. Dyble et al. used a modeling approach to suggest that a possible answer to this conundrum is that cohabitation choices are being governed equally by men and w…