Originally Human

Nickilina Herrmann
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Many parts of contemporary life ask us to live against older human needs: parenting without a village, eating industrial food, sitting still, sleeping poorly, and trying to belong in thin communities. Originally Human brings anthropologists, researchers, writers, doctors, and cultural thinkers into conversation about the modern mismatch — without romanticizing the past or prescribing one “natural” way to live.

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  1. 4d ago

    Why It Takes a Village: Ruth Mace on Evolution, Family, and Modern Parenting

    In this episode I’m speaking with Professor Ruth Mace, an evolutionary anthropologist whose work focuses on how human behaviour, family systems, and cooperation have been shaped by evolution. She has spent much of her career studying how people make decisions about family, reproduction, and social life in different environments — and what that can tell us about how humans have adapted to live. Her research sits right at the intersection of biology, culture, and everyday life, which makes her perspective especially interesting when we think about how modern lifestyles compare to the environments humans evolved in. In the episode we cover child rearing, cooperation, family systems and what learnings we can draw from our evolutionary past.

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Many parts of contemporary life ask us to live against older human needs: parenting without a village, eating industrial food, sitting still, sleeping poorly, and trying to belong in thin communities. Originally Human brings anthropologists, researchers, writers, doctors, and cultural thinkers into conversation about the modern mismatch — without romanticizing the past or prescribing one “natural” way to live.

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    Nickilina Herrmann
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    © 2026 Nickilina Herrmann
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