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March 21, 2019

Did judgmental gods help societies grow?→

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February 11, 2019

Everyone everywhere shares common moral code, Oxford University finds→

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February 8, 2019

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July 24, 2018

Extraordinary Rituals→

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June 25, 2018

Social bonding key cause of football violence→

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June 22, 2018

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May 24, 2018

Are Suicide Bombings Really Driven by Ideology? →

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May 24, 2018

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April 25, 2018

When Does Making the Ultimate Sacrifice Make Sense?→

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- Psychology Today
April 22, 2018

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March 21, 2018

Human Sacrifice Was the Key to Social Evolution, New Study Says→

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February 28, 2018

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March 21, 2018

Did Human Sacrifice Help People Form Complex Societies→

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February 27, 2018

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March 06, 2018

Dying for the group: what motivates the ultimate sacrifice?→

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March 5, 2018

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November 07, 2017

USP Emalus Campus collaborates with Oxford University→

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September 30, 2017

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October 16, 2017

How understanding football violence could help the fight against terrorism→

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September 29, 2017

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October 16, 2017

Football hooligans behave like Terrorists→

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September 26, 2017

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March 16, 2017

Researchers test what lies behind the extreme self-sacrifice of fighters→

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March 16, 2017

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March 14, 2017

Why fans of perennially-poor football teams share traits with suicide bombers: Band of brothers' mentality can drive extreme behaviour→

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October 12, 2016

The database that is rewriting history to predict the future→

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October 12, 2016

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October 05, 2016

Acts of kindness make us feel (slightly) better→

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October 5, 2016

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October 05, 2016

Being kind to others does make you 'slightly happier'→

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August 19, 2016

Downs as well as the ups of a football club's fortunes build fans' loyalty→

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Solving Global Problems Requires Global Cohesion

Whitehouse, H., et al. (2025) New England Journal of Public Policy.

Against interpretive exclusivism

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

Anthropology in Action in Vanuatu: Troubleshooting Disaster Relief in the Wake of Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin

Whitehouse, H. & Tanguay, J. (2024). Anthropology in Action.

Rethinking ritual: how rituals made our world and how they could save it

Whitehouse, H. (2023) Journal of the Royal Anthrological Institute.

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

Whitehouse, H. (2018) Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42.

The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences

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

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