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February 17, 2021 | Morphs

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Emotional Fossils: Mental Illness and Human Evolution

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The Origin of the Human Soul: Making Sense of Emotional Fossils (2022)
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Does warfare make societies more complex?

June 29, 2022 | History | No Comments

Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers

June 24, 2022 | Ancient human migration, History | 2 Comments

Progressivism's deep biological roots

Progressivism’s Deep Biological Roots

June 3, 2022 | Belief, Evolution of human motivation, Human Nature, Mental illness, Sexual Selection | 2 Comments

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Why are we so VAIN?

May 26, 2022 | Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, Mind | 2 Comments

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What is MIND?

April 9, 2022 | Mind | 2 Comments

℞ for creeping cynicism

Rx for gloomy defeatism re climate, Ukraine, population, etc., etc.

April 1, 2022 | Belief, Faith | 7 Comments

The Dawn of Everything

March 18, 2022 | Evolution of Emotion, Evolution of human motivation, Evolutionary psychology, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Stunning ‘Dragon Man’ skull may be an elusive Denisovan—or a new species of human

June 28, 2021 | Ancient human migration

Middle Pleistocene Homo behavior and culture at 140,000 to 120,000 years ago and interactions with Homo sapiens

June 27, 2021 | Ancient human migration

“Genomes offer rare glimpse of Neanderthal family groups”

June 25, 2021 | Evolution

Old Mind New Mind

The Two Mind Hypothesis

June 9, 2021 | Emotional Fossils, Evolution, Evolutionary psychology, Group Selection, History, Human Nature, Justice, Language, Mental illness, Mind, Summary of Philosophy, Two Mind Hypothesis

THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLS

THE EVOLUTION OF SYMBOLS (re-posted from April, 2018)

April 30, 2021 | Evolution of Emotion, Human Nature, Sexual Selection

Opposable Thumb

Opposable Thumb

April 29, 2021 | Brain evolution, cognitive capacities

A Liberal Theory of Human Nature - V: Upright Posture, Great Big Brains and Only One Hand Ax

The Hand Ax Mystery: Evidence for peaceful association between groups – an excerpt from the book

April 28, 2012 | Evolutionary psychology, Myth, Popular | 6 Comments

It's a Wonderful Life

It’s A Wonderful Life!

December 15, 2015 | Evolutionary psychology, Monogamy, Popular, Two Mind Hypothesis | 2 Comments

Therapy for Liberals

Schizophrenia’s Enigmatic Roots

July 19, 2014 | Emotional Fossils, Evolution of Emotion, Popular

Sexual selection

Trump and Carson: Archetypes in Human Evolution

November 19, 2015 | Belief, Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, God, Popular, Sexual Selection | 15 Comments

Mate Selection

Marital Problems

August 22, 2015 | Evolutionary psychology, Monogamy, Popular, Self domestication

Top Ten Emojis

October 26, 2015 | Human Nature, Popular | 4 Comments

John Ashcroft

Does Liberty Mean Anything Without Justice?

May 30, 2015 | Emotional Fossils, Evolution of Emotion, Group Selection, History, My Favorites | 2 Comments

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Conservatives Not As Happy As They Think They Are

April 6, 2015 | Belief, Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, My Favorites

Trump's Hair-3

Advice (and hope) for Trump from the BMA (Bald Men of America)

September 12, 2016 | Author narrative, Evolutionary psychology, Human Nature, My Favorites | 5 Comments

Ian Tattersall

Career Splitter Ian Tattersall Slams Lumpers with a Cheap Shot

July 19, 2015 | Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, Group Selection, Language, My Favorites, The Ascension of the Human Spirit

Karl Marx and the Alienation of Doctors

February 1, 2017 | History, Human Nature, My Favorites | 1 Comment

Narrative Intelligence

How We Became So Smart

January 18, 2016 | Author narrative, cognitive capacities, Evolutionary psychology, Group Selection, Language, My Favorites | 1 Comment

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