Dec 8, 2021 • 14M

From Silk to Pastries - audio edition

Gifting Traditions Across Time, Space, and Species

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Heather Heying
Audio reads of articles from Natural Selections: If it evolved, it's fair game: from jungles to hospitals, from herons and ghost moths to vitamin D and viruses, these reads of weekly essays cover lots of ground. Did you find an article on the main site that you want to hear rather than see? Most likely it's available here, for paying subscribers.
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This week’s post was proposed by Drew Schneidler, my friend and frequent collaborator, who is a co-author of the resulting essay. Bret and I first met Drew in 2006, when he was a student in our co-taught college program, The Extraordinary Science of Everyday Experience. He has been our friend ever since.

I loved the opportunity to explore gifting tradit…

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