C Power
Biographic Data
| ID | 70023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Power |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Power |
| SIGNATURE | POWER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2511-3744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 317 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Woodburn, James (1934–2022)
James Woodburn was a leading anthropologist of hunter‐gatherers and the main ethnographer of the Hadzabe of Tanzania. His key areas of research included social organization, politics, property, and the mechanisms underpinning egalitarianism
Chapter 7 Reconstructing a Source Cosmology for African Hunter-Gatherers
Special Issue on The Dawn of Everything: Introduction
Egalitarianism made us the symbolic species
The world of hunter-gatherers [...] was one of bold social experiments' say Graeber and Wengrow, 'a carnival parade of political forms'. But did the boldest social experiments of our ancestors - language and symbolic culture - constrain these possibilities? Aspects of our anatomy, psychology and cognition that were necessary preadaptations to language - cooperative eyes, intersubjectivity, large brains, a ratchet effect of cultural accumulation -…
The Symbolic Revolution: A Sexual Conflict Model
This chapter presents a Darwinian account of how humans became the symbolic species. It challenges the widely held idea that symbolic culture did not emerge until long after our African speciation. Red ochre use appears as a cumulative cultural tradition emerging prior to modern humans, becoming ubiquitous with modern Homo sapiens. One argument for the evolution of within-group cooperation has been inter-group conflict, but this is unlikely to re…
Ritual and Speech Coevolution
Body Ornamentation, Evolutionary Approaches to
Darwinian sexual selection models have been applied to analysis of the great variety of human cultural body ornament. Costly signal theory offers a material account of why each sex would use ornaments and cosmetics to advertise their qualities at differing stages of their reproductive lifetime. Significant levels of female ornamentation, reversing the usual direction of sexual selection, may be linked to high levels of male parental investment. A…
Sociobiology and Anthropology
Edward O. Wilson's Sociobiology , published in 1975, proposed a program for unifying the natural and social sciences, with the humanities reduced to subdisciplines of biology. This provoked a huge controversy among academics, including scientists and social theorists, as well as political activists who denounced the project as biological–determinist. The American Anthropological Association debated whether to admit sessions on human sociobiology …
Menstruation, Biosocial Perspectives on
Menstruation refers to the discharge of blood from the uterus of reproductive‐age females at approximately monthly intervals. Found in anthropoid primates, it is most conspicuous in women. While the evolutionary function of menstruation is not certain, that menstruation offers a reliable cue to the female reproductive state may have become significant during human evolution. This factor could underlie the widespread cross‐cultural beliefs, taboos…
Pair Bonds and the Evolution of Monogamy
Long‐term and exclusive pair bonding has often been seen as central to the evolution of a human way of life. Its emergence may be linked to aspects of human life history such as the lengthy dependence and slow development of infants and children requiring novel levels of biparental care. A comparative phylogenetic approach allows testing of functional explanations of pair bonding across species, informing our models of hominin evolution. For slow…
Hadza gender rituals - epeme and maitoko - considered as counterparts
Relative to the large amount of behavioural ecology literature, little has been documented on Hadza ritual activity. Nor has it been placed in context of myth and narrative. This is a serious lack given the agreement of both social anthropology (Durkheim, Turner, Rappaport) and more recent evolutionary approaches, eg Sosis and Bulbulia, on the central importance of ritual as the medium for establishing symbols and showing commitment to the group.…
PP67 Psychological Health and Physical Activity from Adolescence To Mid-Adulthood: Evidence of Bi-Directional Associations in the 1958 British Birth Cohort
Background Physical activity (PA) is cross-sectionally associated with lower prevalence of depression and other indicators of psychological well-being. Few longitudinal studies examine the possibility of bi-directional associations between activity and psychological health. Using data from the 1958 British Birth cohort (maximum N = 14,072) over four decades of life we examined (i) cross-sectional associations to establish whether psychological il…
Landscape of the mind: Human evolution and the archaeology of thought - By John F. Hoffecker
Arrest for Attempted Street Theatre
On the eve of the royal wedding, two anthropologists and an actor - members of a street theatre troupe known as 'The Government of the Dead'- were arrested for conspiracy to stage a performance. We adopt a Bakhtinian perspective of carnival laughter as essential to the scientific investigation of officialdom and ceremonial power
Associations between sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular, haemostatic and diabetic markers in mid-adult life (45 years)
Background Recent studies show TV-viewing time being related to mortality independent to physical activity (PA). However, the mechanism behind this association is unclear. Aim We investigate cross-sectional associations between sedentary behaviour and preclinical variations in markers for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. Methods Using data from the 1958 British birth cohort, we analysed associations between (1) television (TV)-viewing a…
Psychological distress and Body Mass Index: Comorbidity and direction of associations over the life-course
Objective To estimate concurrent co-morbidity of body mass index (BMI) (underweight/overweight/obesity vs ‘normal’) groups with psychological distress and assess the direction of association at different life-stages. Design and Setting Prospective birth cohort born in 1958 in England, Scotland, and Wales (≈17,000) with eight data collections. Participants 12,918 participants at age 7 years followed-up to 50 years. Main Outcomes Psychological dist…
Fire: The spark that ignited human evolution - By Frances D. Burton
P18 Child maltreatment co-occurrence and associations with household dysfunction: Evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort
Background Child maltreatment has been associated with adverse health outcomes, including risk of mental health problems and cardiovascular disease. Little is known about how different forms of maltreatment co-occur and whether different patterns are associated with household dysfunction. Delineation of co-occurrence is important to establish in order that long-term health outcomes can be better identified and understood. Objective To investigate…
Owen's ape and Darwin's bulldog: Beyond Darwinism and creationism - By Christopher E. Cosans
Paths to literacy and numeracy problems: Evidence from two British birth cohorts
BACKGROUND: To test a life course model linking circumstances of origin to self-reported literacy and numeracy problems in midlife, and to investigate the effects in this model of changing social circumstances in two post-war cohorts. METHODS: Based on data from men and women in the British 1946 and 1958 birth cohorts, we used the relative index of inequality and logistical regression to test associations between father's occupation, childhood co…
Changing influences on childhood obesity: A study of two generations of the 1958 British birth cohort
To investigate whether risk factors for childhood obesity have changed over time, either in their strength of influence or prevalence. Prospective cohort study. Great Britain. The 1958 birth cohort and a sub-sample of their offspring. Height and weight measures, and information on pre-natal and early life factors were collected on cohort members aged 7 years in
Cognitive development in childhood and drinking behaviour over two decades in adulthood
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Childhood cognition predicts adult morbidity and mortality, potentially working through health behaviours. This study investigates if childhood cognition influences life course (i) non-drinking and (ii) binge drinking and pathways through which this might act-namely, childhood behaviour problems, adult social position and educational qualifications. METHODS: Prospective cohort of British births in March 1958, with information on …
Sex and Gender in Paleoanthropology
How did humans become the unique symbolic culture-bearing species that we are? One of the most exciting challenges for paleoanthropology is to understand this extraordinary event. Few convincing arguments have been put forward to explain the evolution of symbolic cognition on a Darwinian basis; no theory has ventured predictions which are testable against symbolic data from both the archaeological and the ethnographic records.
Life course epidemiology: Figure 1
The aim of this glossary is to encourage a dialogue that will advance the life course perspective
Social inequalities in low birth weight in England and Wales: Trends and implications for future population health
Study objective: To examine social inequalities and trends in low birth weight in England and Wales. Design: Analysis of routine birth data, comparing (a) couple and sole registered births, and (b) manual and non-manual occupational groups. Setting: England and Wales, 1993–2000. Main results: Social inequalities in low birth weight were evident throughout 1993–2000: relative to the non-manual group, there is an increased risk for the manual group…
Life course epidemiology: Figure 1
The aim of this glossary is to encourage a dialogue that will advance the life course perspective
The Human Symbolic Revolution: A Darwinian Account
By 50,000 years ago, the effects of a ‘symbolic explosion’ — an efflorescence of human art, song, dance and ritual — were rippling across the globe. Applied to archaeological evidence, standard neo-Darwinian theory offers new understandings of this improbable event. The present article defines ‘symbolism’, models quasi-ritual behaviour in late archaic Homo sapiens, extends the argument to the emergence of anatomically modern humans and concludes …
The Woman with the Zebra's Penis: Gender, Mutability and Performance
Dans certaines cultures africaines de chasseurs-cueilleurs (les Khoisan et les Hadza), les relations entre hommes et femmes sont apparemment fondees sur une categorisation mutable et paradoxale des sexes. Pendant le rituel d'initiation, les filles acquierent des caracteristiques masculines, telles que des penis et des armes de chasse : les garcons sont traites comme sujets a la menstruation. Les modeles anthropologiques hierarchisant le 'masculin…
Hadza gender rituals - epeme and maitoko - considered as counterparts
Relative to the large amount of behavioural ecology literature, little has been documented on Hadza ritual activity. Nor has it been placed in context of myth and narrative. This is a serious lack given the agreement of both social anthropology (Durkheim, Turner, Rappaport) and more recent evolutionary approaches, eg Sosis and Bulbulia, on the central importance of ritual as the medium for establishing symbols and showing commitment to the group.…
Social inequalities in low birth weight in England and Wales: Trends and implications for future population health
Study objective: To examine social inequalities and trends in low birth weight in England and Wales. Design: Analysis of routine birth data, comparing (a) couple and sole registered births, and (b) manual and non-manual occupational groups. Setting: England and Wales, 1993–2000. Main results: Social inequalities in low birth weight were evident throughout 1993–2000: relative to the non-manual group, there is an increased risk for the manual group…
Cognitive development in childhood and drinking behaviour over two decades in adulthood
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Childhood cognition predicts adult morbidity and mortality, potentially working through health behaviours. This study investigates if childhood cognition influences life course (i) non-drinking and (ii) binge drinking and pathways through which this might act-namely, childhood behaviour problems, adult social position and educational qualifications. METHODS: Prospective cohort of British births in March 1958, with information on …
Paths to literacy and numeracy problems: Evidence from two British birth cohorts
BACKGROUND: To test a life course model linking circumstances of origin to self-reported literacy and numeracy problems in midlife, and to investigate the effects in this model of changing social circumstances in two post-war cohorts. METHODS: Based on data from men and women in the British 1946 and 1958 birth cohorts, we used the relative index of inequality and logistical regression to test associations between father's occupation, childhood co…
Egalitarianism made us the symbolic species
The world of hunter-gatherers [...] was one of bold social experiments' say Graeber and Wengrow, 'a carnival parade of political forms'. But did the boldest social experiments of our ancestors - language and symbolic culture - constrain these possibilities? Aspects of our anatomy, psychology and cognition that were necessary preadaptations to language - cooperative eyes, intersubjectivity, large brains, a ratchet effect of cultural accumulation -…
On Seasonal Reproductive Synchrony as an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy in Human Evolution
The Human Symbolic Revolution: A Darwinian Account
By 50,000 years ago, the effects of a ‘symbolic explosion’ — an efflorescence of human art, song, dance and ritual — were rippling across the globe. Applied to archaeological evidence, standard neo-Darwinian theory offers new understandings of this improbable event. The present article defines ‘symbolism’, models quasi-ritual behaviour in late archaic Homo sapiens, extends the argument to the emergence of anatomically modern humans and concludes …
Social and biological pathways linking early life and adult disease
Evidence is presented for a pathways model linking early life factors and adult disease, which takes account of the inter-relationships between social and biological risks throughout the lifecourse. Few studies, if any, have yet recorded adequate birth to death information which could be used to quantify the effects of different factors and their timing. Hence, there is only limited understanding of the extent to which biological and social risks…
The Woman with the Zebra's Penis: Gender, Mutability and Performance
Dans certaines cultures africaines de chasseurs-cueilleurs (les Khoisan et les Hadza), les relations entre hommes et femmes sont apparemment fondees sur une categorisation mutable et paradoxale des sexes. Pendant le rituel d'initiation, les filles acquierent des caracteristiques masculines, telles que des penis et des armes de chasse : les garcons sont traites comme sujets a la menstruation. Les modeles anthropologiques hierarchisant le 'masculin…
On Seasonal Reproductive Synchrony as an Evolutionarily Stable Strategy in Human Evolution
The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form
Language has no counterpart in the animal world. Unique to Homo sapiens, it appears inseparable from human nature. But how, when and why did it emerge? The contributors to this volume - linguists, anthropologists, cognitive scientists, and others - adopt a modern Darwinian perspective which offers a bold synthesis of the human and natural sciences. As a feature of human social intelligence, language evolution is driven by biologically anomalous l…
Life course epidemiology: Figure 1
The aim of this glossary is to encourage a dialogue that will advance the life course perspective
Social inequalities in low birth weight in England and Wales: Trends and implications for future population health
Study objective: To examine social inequalities and trends in low birth weight in England and Wales. Design: Analysis of routine birth data, comparing (a) couple and sole registered births, and (b) manual and non-manual occupational groups. Setting: England and Wales, 1993–2000. Main results: Social inequalities in low birth weight were evident throughout 1993–2000: relative to the non-manual group, there is an increased risk for the manual group…
Sex and Gender in Paleoanthropology
How did humans become the unique symbolic culture-bearing species that we are? One of the most exciting challenges for paleoanthropology is to understand this extraordinary event. Few convincing arguments have been put forward to explain the evolution of symbolic cognition on a Darwinian basis; no theory has ventured predictions which are testable against symbolic data from both the archaeological and the ethnographic records.
Cognitive development in childhood and drinking behaviour over two decades in adulthood
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Childhood cognition predicts adult morbidity and mortality, potentially working through health behaviours. This study investigates if childhood cognition influences life course (i) non-drinking and (ii) binge drinking and pathways through which this might act-namely, childhood behaviour problems, adult social position and educational qualifications. METHODS: Prospective cohort of British births in March 1958, with information on …
Paths to literacy and numeracy problems: Evidence from two British birth cohorts
BACKGROUND: To test a life course model linking circumstances of origin to self-reported literacy and numeracy problems in midlife, and to investigate the effects in this model of changing social circumstances in two post-war cohorts. METHODS: Based on data from men and women in the British 1946 and 1958 birth cohorts, we used the relative index of inequality and logistical regression to test associations between father's occupation, childhood co…
Changing influences on childhood obesity: A study of two generations of the 1958 British birth cohort
To investigate whether risk factors for childhood obesity have changed over time, either in their strength of influence or prevalence. Prospective cohort study. Great Britain. The 1958 birth cohort and a sub-sample of their offspring. Height and weight measures, and information on pre-natal and early life factors were collected on cohort members aged 7 years in
P18 Child maltreatment co-occurrence and associations with household dysfunction: Evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort
Background Child maltreatment has been associated with adverse health outcomes, including risk of mental health problems and cardiovascular disease. Little is known about how different forms of maltreatment co-occur and whether different patterns are associated with household dysfunction. Delineation of co-occurrence is important to establish in order that long-term health outcomes can be better identified and understood. Objective To investigate…
Owen's ape and Darwin's bulldog: Beyond Darwinism and creationism - By Christopher E. Cosans
Associations between sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular, haemostatic and diabetic markers in mid-adult life (45 years)
Background Recent studies show TV-viewing time being related to mortality independent to physical activity (PA). However, the mechanism behind this association is unclear. Aim We investigate cross-sectional associations between sedentary behaviour and preclinical variations in markers for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. Methods Using data from the 1958 British birth cohort, we analysed associations between (1) television (TV)-viewing a…
Psychological distress and Body Mass Index: Comorbidity and direction of associations over the life-course
Objective To estimate concurrent co-morbidity of body mass index (BMI) (underweight/overweight/obesity vs ‘normal’) groups with psychological distress and assess the direction of association at different life-stages. Design and Setting Prospective birth cohort born in 1958 in England, Scotland, and Wales (≈17,000) with eight data collections. Participants 12,918 participants at age 7 years followed-up to 50 years. Main Outcomes Psychological dist…
Fire: The spark that ignited human evolution - By Frances D. Burton
Landscape of the mind: Human evolution and the archaeology of thought - By John F. Hoffecker
Arrest for Attempted Street Theatre
On the eve of the royal wedding, two anthropologists and an actor - members of a street theatre troupe known as 'The Government of the Dead'- were arrested for conspiracy to stage a performance. We adopt a Bakhtinian perspective of carnival laughter as essential to the scientific investigation of officialdom and ceremonial power
PP67 Psychological Health and Physical Activity from Adolescence To Mid-Adulthood: Evidence of Bi-Directional Associations in the 1958 British Birth Cohort
Background Physical activity (PA) is cross-sectionally associated with lower prevalence of depression and other indicators of psychological well-being. Few longitudinal studies examine the possibility of bi-directional associations between activity and psychological health. Using data from the 1958 British Birth cohort (maximum N = 14,072) over four decades of life we examined (i) cross-sectional associations to establish whether psychological il…
Hadza gender rituals - epeme and maitoko - considered as counterparts
Relative to the large amount of behavioural ecology literature, little has been documented on Hadza ritual activity. Nor has it been placed in context of myth and narrative. This is a serious lack given the agreement of both social anthropology (Durkheim, Turner, Rappaport) and more recent evolutionary approaches, eg Sosis and Bulbulia, on the central importance of ritual as the medium for establishing symbols and showing commitment to the group.…
Ritual and Speech Coevolution
Body Ornamentation, Evolutionary Approaches to
Darwinian sexual selection models have been applied to analysis of the great variety of human cultural body ornament. Costly signal theory offers a material account of why each sex would use ornaments and cosmetics to advertise their qualities at differing stages of their reproductive lifetime. Significant levels of female ornamentation, reversing the usual direction of sexual selection, may be linked to high levels of male parental investment. A…
Sociobiology and Anthropology
Edward O. Wilson's Sociobiology , published in 1975, proposed a program for unifying the natural and social sciences, with the humanities reduced to subdisciplines of biology. This provoked a huge controversy among academics, including scientists and social theorists, as well as political activists who denounced the project as biological–determinist. The American Anthropological Association debated whether to admit sessions on human sociobiology …
Menstruation, Biosocial Perspectives on
Menstruation refers to the discharge of blood from the uterus of reproductive‐age females at approximately monthly intervals. Found in anthropoid primates, it is most conspicuous in women. While the evolutionary function of menstruation is not certain, that menstruation offers a reliable cue to the female reproductive state may have become significant during human evolution. This factor could underlie the widespread cross‐cultural beliefs, taboos…
Pair Bonds and the Evolution of Monogamy
Long‐term and exclusive pair bonding has often been seen as central to the evolution of a human way of life. Its emergence may be linked to aspects of human life history such as the lengthy dependence and slow development of infants and children requiring novel levels of biparental care. A comparative phylogenetic approach allows testing of functional explanations of pair bonding across species, informing our models of hominin evolution. For slow…
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