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Evidence against the "anomalous-is-bad" stereotype in Hadza hunter gatherers
Scientific reports, Vol.12(1), pp.1-10
05/24/2022
PMID: 35610269
Abstract
People have an "anomalous-is-bad" stereotype whereby they make negative inferences about the moral character of people with craniofacial anomalies like scars. This stereotype is hypothesized to be a byproduct of adaptations for avoiding pathogens. However, evidence for the anomalous-is-bad stereotype comes from studies of European and North American populations; the byproduct hypothesis would predict universality of the stereotype. We presented 123 Hadza across ten camps pairs of morphed Hadza faces-each with one face altered to include a scar-and asked who they expected to be more moral and a better forager. Hadza with minimal exposure to other cultures chose at chance for both questions. Hadza with greater exposure to other cultures, however, expected the scarred face to be less moral and a better forager. These results suggest the anomalous-is-bad stereotype may be culturally shared or learned erroneously through associations with population-level differences, providing evidence against a universal pathogen avoidance byproduct hypothesis.
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- Title
- Evidence against the "anomalous-is-bad" stereotype in Hadza hunter gatherers
- Creators
- Clifford I. Workman - University of PennsylvaniaKristopher Michael Smith - Washington State UniversityCoren Apicella - University of PennsylvaniaAnjan Chatterjee - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Scientific reports, Vol.12(1), pp.1-10
- Academic Unit
- Department of Anthropology
- Publisher
- NATURE PORTFOLIO
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- Edwin and Fannie Gray Hall Center for Human Appearance at the University of Pennsylvania F32DE029407 / National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health F32DE029407 / National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) University of Pennsylvania MindCORE program
- Identifiers
- 99901228253601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article