# Melvin Konner
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Melvin Joel Konner (born 1946) is an American anthropologist who is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and of Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University. He studied at Brooklyn College, CUNY (1966), where he met Marjorie Shostak, whom he later married and with whom he had three children.From 1985 on, he contributed substantially in developing the concept of a Paleolithic diet and its impact on health, publishing along with Stanley Boyd Eaton, and later also with his wife Marjorie Shostak and with Loren Cordain.Raised in an Orthodox Jewish family, Konner has stated that he lost his faith at age 17.
== Selected bibliography ==
Konner, Melvin J. (2015) Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy.
CARTA: Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Melvin Konner: Hunter-Gatherer Childhood and Human Evolution
Research on infancy and childhood among !Kung (Bushmen) hunter-gatherers of northwestern Botswana, the first hunting-gathering group where childhood was quantitatively studied, yielded a distinctive characterization of their patterns of child care and behavioral development, and surveys of prior et…
CARTA- Birth to Grandmotherhood: Childrearing in Human Evolution – Breast Milk and Breastfeeding Oxytocin Pathways and Human Evolution and Hunter-Gatherer Childhood and Human Evolution
From the moment of birth, human infants require an inordinate amount of care and, unlike our nearest living relatives, remain dependent on a variety of caretakers during an unusually long maturation period followed by extraordinary adult longevity. How did such a distinctive pattern of development…
286 - Melvin Konner (Believers)
I interview Emory University anthropologist Dr. Melvin Konner about his new book Believers: Faith in Human Nature, which looks at the evolutionary basis for religious tendencies, examines the good religion does in people's lives, and asks if people like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins really know wh…
Melvin Konner on Religious Belief: Self in Society #10
Anthropologist Melvin Konner—author of Believers: Faith in Human Nature—explains the persistence of religious belief in the face of atheistic criticisms. Konner discusses his religious background and his path to a study of biological anthropology, including his work with the !Kung people in Botswan…
Lecture (co-sponsored) | Larry Young & Rev Patti Ricotta "Using the Science of Love and Bonding...(see below)"
Using the Science of Love and Bonding to Bring New Perspectives on Social Relationships, Health, and the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation in East Africa.
Larry Young | Center for Translational Social Neuroscience | Psychiatry, Emory University Rev. Patti Ricotta | President, Life Together Int…
How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
Herman Pontzer, PhD is an author and Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University. Through lab and field research, he investigates the physiology of humans and apes to understand how ecology, lifestyle, diet, and evolutionary history affect metabolism and health. In his new b…
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy-The Leading Edge of Healing 2-7 (Season 2 Finale)
A deeply feminine conversation about the therapeutic use of psychedelics for healing sexual shame and trauma. Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers shares her career journey and personal experiences with MDMA therapy. She explains the impact of sexual shame, its cultural origins, and the mechanisms through whi…
Free Thinking - Patricia Duncker
Patricia Duncker talks to Anne McElvoy about her new novel which imagines George Eliot's relationship with her German publishers, Max and Wolfgang Duncker. Adrienne Mayor discusses the strength of women with Professor Melvin Konner. As an exhibition featuring empty Sansovino frames opens at The Nat…
Believers: Faith in Human Nature Audiobook by Melvin Konner
https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: Believers: Faith in Human NatureGenres: Religion & Spirituality, Counseling & InspirationalAuthor: Melvin KonnerNarrator: Tom ParksRelease date: 09-10-2019Length: 7:52:52Language: EnglishPublisher: HighBridge Comp…
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