How Hunter-Gatherers Learn w/ Dr. Gul Deniz Salali

About this episode

The episode explores how hunter-gatherers raise children and the implications for contemporary education systems.

For millions of years, and in some places still today, hunter-gatherers raise competent and capable children. They do this while navigating challenging environments, with predators, dangerous tools, and most notably: without any school. Contemporary societies have created learning environments that are a mismatch with the expectations of our genetic evolution: we weren’t meant to sit in boxes all day. The system of compulsory education that spans the globe and shapes our perception of educati...

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Host: Peter Michael Bauer

Guest: Dr. Gul Deniz Salali

Topics covered

• hunter-gatherers
• education
• child development
• cultural evolution
• learning environments

Keywords

• hunter-gatherers
• education
• learning
• child development
• cultural evolution

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