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SUMMARY:What we can learn from hunter-gatherers about child and maternal m
 ental health? - Dr Nikhil Chaudhary\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Oliver Knight
DESCRIPTION:Humans lived as hunter-gatherers for more than 95% of our evol
 utionary history\, thus studying contemporary hunter-gatherer populations 
 can offer insight into the conditions we are psychologically adapted to. D
 rawing on observational data collected during fieldwork with BaYaka hunter
 -gatherers\, I show that multiple caregiving (allomothering) and active pe
 er-learning in mixed-age playgroups are normative features of BaYaka child
 hoods. These trends appear to be uniform across hunter-gatherer population
 s\, and as such\, they are likely to have been fundamental in shaping huma
 n life-history\, psychology and behaviour. I consider how deviations from 
 these childrearing practices in WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialised Ric
 h Democratic) societies may result in evolutionary mismatch. More specific
 ally\, why such discordances could potentially increase the risk of postna
 tal depression and anxiety\, negative attachment outcomes\, and difficulti
 es for children with ADHD.
LOCATION:Online via zoom
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