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Anna Machin
NationalityEnglish
EducationPh.D.
Alma materUniversity of Reading
Known forFatherhood, Acheulean handaxes
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary anthropology, Archeology
InstitutionsOxford University
Thesis The Acheulean handaxe: symmetry, function and early and middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour.  (2006)
Doctoral advisorsSteven Mithen

Anna Machin is an evolutionary anthropologist at the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, England. She is the author of the book The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father.

Education and career

Machin graduated with a B.A. degree in anthropology and English, followed in 1999 by a M.Sc. degree in human evolution and behaviour from University College, London. In 2006 she obtained her PhD in archeology from the University of Reading. She was a postdoctoral fellow working with Robin Dunbar at Oxford University from 2008 to 2014 after which she became a visiting academic while also pursuing a career as a freelance scientific writer and broadcaster.[1][2][3]

Scientific research

Archeology

In archeology, Machin has studied and commented on the symmetry, morphology, effectiveness and sex appeal of Acheulean handaxes.[4][5][6]

Attachment and love

Machin has done research on attachment and love between parents and children, between loving couples and between best friends.[7][8]

Fatherhood

As an anthropologist, Machin has studied expectations and reality of fatherhood.[9]

Book: The Life of Dad, The Making of a Modern Father

In her 2018 book she takes an evolutionary look at fatherhood, asking fundamental questions such as What are dads for?, What do they contribute to their families? and How do they build such profound and enduring relationships with their children?. In answering these questions, using evolutionary theory, anthropology, hormones and neurochemicals, her conclusion is that fatherhood were fundamental to the development of humans and humanity as fathers took on critical parenting tasks in coaching and educating their sons and daughters.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Machin has been interviewed and cited about fatherhood and love relationships by a variety of popular media outlets, including the New Scientist,[17] The Guardian,[18] BBC,[19] The Telegraph,[20] The Mirror,[21] Eltern,[22] and Broadly.[23]

Selected publications

Books

Scientific articles

References

  1. ^ Web page, Anna Machin
  2. ^ Oxford University, Department of Experimental Psychology, [https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/team/anna-machin Anna Machin
  3. ^ LinkedIn Anna Machin
  4. ^ Machin AJ, Hosfield RT, Mithen SJ. Why are some handaxes symmetrical? Testing the influence of handaxe morphology on butchery effectiveness. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2007 Jun 1;34(6):883-93.
  5. ^ Machin AJ. Why handaxes just aren't that sexy: a response to Kohn & Mithen (1999). Antiquity. 2008 Sep;82(317):761-6.
  6. ^ Machin A. The role of the individual agent in Acheulean biface variability: a multi-factorial model. Journal of Social Archaeology. 2009 Feb;9(1):35-58.
  7. ^ Machin AJ, Dunbar RI. The brain opioid theory of social attachment: a review of the evidence. Behaviour. 2011 Jan 1;148(9-10):985-1025.
  8. ^ Machin A, Dunbar R. Sex and gender as factors in in romantic partnerships and best friendships. Journal of Relationships Research. 2013 Oct;4.
  9. ^ Machin AJ. Mind the Gap: The Expectation and Reality of Involved Fatherhood. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers. 2015 Apr 1;13(1).
  10. ^ Harry de Quetteville, In defence of dads: is it time to admit that fathers are better at some aspects of parenting than mothers?, The Telegraph, June 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, Daddy dearest: the evolution of the modern father, Financial Times, June 25, 2018.
  12. ^ Simon & Schuster, The Life of Dad
  13. ^ David Sexton, Did dads really save the human race?, Evening Standard, June 14, 2018.
  14. ^ Ibadete Fetahu, The Life Of Dad. The Making Of The Modern Father, Nursing Times, June 26, 2018.
  15. ^ Steve Myall, The secret irreversible change a new father's body undergoes to make him a better parent, The Mirror, June 19, 2018.
  16. ^ Natalie Corner and Emily Chan, Revealed: Why it can take fathers SIX MONTHS to bond with a newborn - and how eye contact, stroking and singing can help strengthen the connection, The Daily Mail, June 17, 2018.
  17. ^ Jessica Hamzelou, Dad power: The surprising new science of fatherhood, New Scientist, March 21, 2018.
  18. ^ Alexandra Jones, Hookups, sexting and unwanted threesomes: first-time dating in the age of Tinder, The Guardian, November 4, 2017.
  19. ^ Alexandra Jones, No label dating: can you have love without commitment?, BBC Three, July 18, 2018.
  20. ^ Jonathan Wells, Meet the men who got PTSD from seeing their partners give birth, The Telegraph, February 24, 2016.
  21. ^ The secret irreversible change a new father's body undergoes to make him a better parent, The Mirror, June 19, 2018.
  22. ^ Dörte Nohrden, Die ersten Monate können frustrierend sein, Eltern.
  23. ^ Laila Tyack, Angry and Overwhelmed: The Men Who Experience Postnatal Depression, Broadly, March 9, 2017.
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