Anna Machin
Anna Machin | |
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Nationality | English |
Education | Ph.D. |
Alma mater | University of Reading |
Known for | Fatherhood, Acheulean handaxes |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Evolutionary anthropology, Archeology |
Institutions | Oxford University |
Thesis | The Acheulean handaxe: symmetry, function and early and middle Pleistocene hominin behaviour. (2006) |
Doctoral advisors | Steven 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]
Popular media
Machin has been interviewed and cited about fatherhood and love relationships by a variety of popular media outlets, including the New Scientist,[10] The Guardian,[11] BBC,[12] The Telegraph,[13] The Mirror,[14] Eltern,[15] and Broadly.[16]
Selected publications
Books
- Anna Machin, The Life of Dad: The Making of a Modern Father, Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Scientific articles
- 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.
- Machin AJ. Why handaxes just aren't that sexy: a response to Kohn & Mithen (1999). Antiquity. 2008 Sep;82(317):761-6.
- 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.
- 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.
- Machin A, Dunbar R. Sex and gender as factors in in romantic partnerships and best friendships. Journal of Relationships Research. 2013 Oct;4.
- 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).
- Pearce E, Launay J, Machin A, Dunbar RI. Is group singing special? health, well‐being and social bonds in community‐based adult education classes. Journal of community & applied social psychology. 2016 Nov;26(6):518-33.
- Machin A, Dunbar R. Is Kinship a Schema? Moral Decisions and the Function of the Human Kin Naming System]. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 2016 Sep 1;2(3):195-219.
- Machin AJ, Hosfield R, Mithen SJ. Testing the functional utility of handaxe symmetry: fallow deer butchery with replica handaxes. Lithics–The Journal of the Lithic Studies Society. 2016 Jan 2(26):23.
Popular media
- Anna Machin, Ask a grown-up: why do humans kiss?, The Guardian, July 26, 2014.
- Anna Machin, I studied fatherhood and here are five things I want dads to know, iNews, July 2, 2018.
- Anna Machin, Top Tips for Dads on How Best to Bond with Baby, My Baba, November 7, 2018.
- Anna Machin, The marvel of the human dad, Aeon, January 19, 2019.
References
- ^ Web page, Anna Machin
- ^ Oxford University, Department of Experimental Psychology, Anna Machin
- ^ LinkedIn Anna Machin
- ^ 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.
- ^ Machin AJ. Why handaxes just aren't that sexy: a response to Kohn & Mithen (1999). Antiquity. 2008 Sep;82(317):761-6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Machin A, Dunbar R. Sex and gender as factors in in romantic partnerships and best friendships. Journal of Relationships Research. 2013 Oct;4.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Jessica Hamzelou, Dad power: The surprising new science of fatherhood, New Scientist, March 21, 2018.
- ^ Alexandra Jones, Hookups, sexting and unwanted threesomes: first-time dating in the age of Tinder, The Guardian, November 4, 2017.
- ^ Alexandra Jones, No label dating: can you have love without commitment?, BBC Three, July 18, 2018.
- ^ Jonathan Wells, Meet the men who got PTSD from seeing their partners give birth, The Telegraph, February 24, 2016.
- ^ The secret irreversible change a new father's body undergoes to make him a better parent, The Mirror, June 19, 2018.
- ^ Dörte Nohrden, Die ersten Monate können frustrierend sein, Eltern.
- ^ Laila Tyack, Angry and Overwhelmed: The Men Who Experience Postnatal Depression, Broadly, March 9, 2017.