EPISODE · Jun 24, 2025 · 1H 52M
Childhood in the Congo Basin with Sheina Lew-Levy
from Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast) · host Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof
Helicopter parenting is not a human universal! Guest Sheina Lew-Levy (Durham) explains what drew her to studying childhood among BaYaka foragers in the Congo Basin, and what parenting and childhood is like there and how this helps us understand who we are and what we need growing up. In this episode we also cover why field anthropologists are bad*ss and how, for David, “roughing it” involves staying at a 3-star hotel without room-service. More about Sheina Lew-Levy: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/sheina-lew-levy/ https://sites.google.com/view/sheinalewlevy/home More about David Pinsof: https://www.everythingisbullshit.blog/ https://www.kremslab.com/people More about Dave Pietraszewski: https://cal.psych.ucsb.edu/david-pietraszewski
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