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Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford

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January 28, 2015

A Historical Database of Sociocultural Evolution (PDF)→

January 28, 2015/ ScienceSites

Peter Turchin, Harvey Whitehouse, Pieter Francois, Edward Slingerlandd Mark Collard (2012). Cliodynamics: The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History, Vol. 3, No. 2: pp 271 - 293.

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2012, journal-articles
Seshat: Global History Databank
January 28, 2015

When Group Membership Gets Personal: A Theory of Identity Fusion (PDF)→

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William B. Swann, Jolanda Jensen, Ángel Gómez, Harvey Whitehouse, and Brock Bastian (2012). Psychological Review, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp 441-456.

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Swann Lab
January 28, 2015

The Role for Simulations in Theory Construction for the Social Sciences: Case Studies Concerning Divergent Modes of Religiosity (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse, Ken Kahn, Michael E.  Hochberg, and Joanna J. Bryson. (2012). Religion, Brain, and Behavior, Vol. 2, No. 3: pp 182-201.

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Evolutionary Community Ecology Group
January 28, 2015

Seeking a Rapprochement Between Anthropology and the Cognitive Sciences: A Problem-Driven Approach (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse and Emma Cohen (2012). Topics in Cognitive Science, Vol. 4, No. 3: pp 404-412.

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January 28, 2015

Explaining Ritual→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2012). Greg Dawes & James Maclaurin (eds.) A New Science of Religion, New York: Routledge.

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January 28, 2015

Cognition, Evolution and the Future of Social Anthropology→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2012). R. Fardon, O. Harris, T. H. J. Marchand, C. Shore, V. Strang, R. A. Wilson & M. Nuttall (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology, Vol. 2: pp 234 - 242. SAGE Publications: London.

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January 28, 2015

Ritual, Cognition, and Evolution (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2012). R. Sun (ed.) Grounding the Social Sciences in the Cognitive Sciences, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.Ritual, Cognition, and Evolution (PDF)

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Whitehouse, H. (2024). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

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Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

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The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences

Harvey Whitehouse et al. (2017). Nature: Scientific Reports 7.

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