Konner

Konner is especially interested in play, which is not unique to humans and, indeed, seems to have been present, like the mother-offspring bond, from the dawn of mammals.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Melvin Konner, an anthropologist and neuroscientist at Emory, weaves a compelling web of theories and studies across a remarkable array of disciplines, from experimental genetics to ethnology.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Melvin Konner, an anthropologist and neuroscientist at Emory, weaves a compelling web of theories and studies across a remarkable array of disciplines, from experimental genetics to ethnology.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Ultimately, Konner is attempting to construct a sort of theory that encompasses all of human life.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Konner is especially interested in play, which is not unique to humans and, indeed, seems to have been present, like the mother-offspring bond, from the dawn of mammals.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Ultimately, Konner is attempting to construct a sort of theory that encompasses all of human life.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Ultimately, Konner is attempting to construct a sort of theory that encompasses all of human life.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Konner is especially interested in play, which is not unique to humans and, indeed, seems to have been present, like the mother-offspring bond, from the dawn of mammals.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Melvin Konner, an anthropologist and neuroscientist at Emory, weaves a compelling web of theories and studies across a remarkable array of disciplines, from experimental genetics to ethnology.

Play’s the Thing 2010

Here is a brief snippet where anthropologist Melvin Konner fisks Richard Dawkins over the notion that religion is child abuse.

2006 December - Telic Thoughts 2006