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Eric Michael Johnson has a Bachelors degree in Anthropology and a Masters in Evolutionary Anthropology. He pursued his PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke before joining the University of British Columbia to complete a doctorate in the History and Philosophy of Science.
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Journal of Human Evolution
Sociality, ecology and relative brain size in lemurs.
JHE 2009 56(5):471-478.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Career or Family?: Maternal style and status-seeking behavior in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus).
AJPA 2008 135(S46):126
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Lack of inbreeding avoidance and reduction of alliance formation in matrilineally- housed bonobos (Pan paniscus).
AJPA 2007 132(S44):137
October 30, 2009
Category: Religion
It's been an unusually busy week, so I apologize for the lack of original posts, but I just came upon Christopher Hitchens' latest piece in Slate reflecting on the many debates he's had with religious proponents in the last few...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 5:03 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Philosophy of Science
Michael Shermer in a video produced by the Richard Dawkins Foundation...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 9:42 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 29, 2009
Category: Politics
Last night Jon Stewart hosted the Israel/Palestine peace activists Anna Baltzer and Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. The angry response from the Pro-Israel crowd resulted in a backlash against the show for even having the discussion (including the show's first heckler in...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 2:00 PM • 18 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Category: Great Apes
At the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center, chimpanzees form a gallery of grief, looking on as Dorothy--a beloved female felled in her late 40s by heart failure--is borne to her burial.Image: National Geographic / Monica Szczupider The Prancing Papio has brought...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 1:17 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Wingnuts
From Media Matters for America...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 5:26 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 28, 2009
Category: Foreign Policy
What happens when a Nobel Peace Prize winner breaks international law in the rules of war? The world may find out as increased attention is being focused on the use of unmanned military drones that are carrying out assassinations of...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 6:09 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Gender & Sexuality
As a species we are consumed by love. Ask yourself, how many cultural productions (films, stories, songs, dances, arts) do not have love, the loss of love or the absence of love as their central theme? Would you be satisfied...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 1:00 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 27, 2009
Category: Race
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Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 11:59 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2009
Category: Gender & Sexuality
In a new understanding of the term power grab, researchers have shown that the supporters of a political candidate literally have their power taken from them after they lose an election. In a new study by Steven J. Stanton and...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 1:25 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 25, 2009
Category: Humor
Answer: Everyone that couldn't afford it, if his representatives are any indication. From People for the American Way: Focus on the Family's James Dobson, on a recent conference call for anti-choice activists, sounded both those charges, calling reform legislation...
Posted by Eric Michael Johnson at 12:52 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
