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How inventiveness leads to an increase in cultural diversity
A recent study from Prof Alex Bentley and Dr Paul Ormerod looks at the inventiveness of baby names in the US that provides insight into how cultural diversity spreads over time.
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Interactive Climate Science Experience at Durham University
The Tipping Points project was pleased to welcome St Anthony's Girls' School from Sunderland and All Saints VA Church of England School from Stockton for interactive lessons on the science of past climate change.
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Modelling creative innovation.
Ormerod, Paul and Bentley, R. Alexander (2010) 'Modelling creative innovation.', Cultural science., 3 (1). Visit tippingpointsproject.org for more information about the project.
(27 Apr 2012) » Modelling creative innovation.
Is there a 'Neutral theory of Anthropology' ? (Comment on Lansing and Cox).
Bentley, R.A. and Hahn , M.W. (2011) 'Is there a 'Neutral theory of Anthropology' ? (Comment on Lansing and Cox).', Current anthropology., 52 (1). pp. 117-118. Visit tippingpointsproject.org for more information about the project.
(24 Apr 2012) » Is there a 'Neutral theory of Anthropology' ? (Comment on Lansing and Cox).
I'll have what she's having : mapping social behavior.
Bentley, R.A. and Earls , M. and O'Brien, M.J. (2011) 'I'll have what she's having : mapping social behavior.', Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Visit tippingpointsproject.org for more information about the project.
(24 Apr 2012) » I'll have what she's having : mapping social behavior.
Tipping Points - Uncovering the climate of the past in Greenland
Scientists travel to Greenland to collect artefacts that will help them uncover the mystery of a rapid cooling event that took place in the North Atlantic around 5000 years ago. This will help to discover how the Earth's climate systems may change in the future.
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‘Beyond the Tipping Point?’ Event: A Review
Does ‘tipping point’ cause people to view climate change proactively? Does it help them feel they are able to do something about it or is it apocalyptic, simply another way of expressing the end? This was one of several topics discussed after a film screening hosted by IHRR’s Tipping Points project. The discussion was led [...]