Zarja Muršič

Zarja Muršič

Dr. Zarja Muršič is a biologist, cognitive scientist, and evolutionary anthropologist. She is a freelance science communicator and journalist, with contributions featured on local media outlets Radio Študent, Radio Val 202, Metina lista, and others. She is currently leading a citizen science project, A Collaborative Journey From Fiction to Facts, together with the institute Strašno hudi. She is also actively involved in the Slovenian citizen science network and is currently the ambassador of citizen science in Slovenia as part of ECSA.

Scientific research into animal behaviour still rests on many deeply ingrained assumptions about what is deemed to be “natural” human behaviour. For example, men—males—are assumed by nature to be more dominant and aggressive than women—females. And if men are violent, then the violent behaviour of other male animals in the wild can supposedly be explained […]

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