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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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Open AI on Freedom and Justice

January 29, 2023 | AI conversations | 1 Comment

Total Ant Biomass Equal to 20% of Human Biomass

September 20, 2022 | eccology, Group Selection | 2 Comments

Medicine Older than War

September 8, 2022 | Evolution of Emotion

Upright Posture: The Primary Categorical Human Trait

August 25, 2022 | Evolution, Language, Uncategorized

Dolphins make peace and love—not war—when they encounter strangers

August 4, 2022 | Evolution, Evolutionary psychology, Human Nature | 4 Comments

What a Piece of Work Is Man . . . is a work in progress

July 23, 2022 | Evolutionary psychology, Human Nature | 2 Comments

Does warfare make societies more complex?

June 29, 2022 | History | 1 Comment

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

Why are we so vain?

Why are we so VAIN?

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

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Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) film clips

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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

Therapy for Liberals

Schizophrenia’s Enigmatic Roots

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

Top Ten Emojis

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

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

Mate Selection

Marital Problems

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

It's a Wonderful Life

It’s A Wonderful Life!

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

Sexual selection

Trump and Carson: Archetypes in Human Evolution

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

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We Owe Our Existence to Cold Weather

December 26, 2015 | Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, My Favorites | 2 Comments

John Ashcroft

Does Liberty Mean Anything Without Justice?

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

Ring of Brogdar

A Pilgrimage to the Orkney Islands

April 13, 2015 | Belief, History, My Favorites, The Ascension of the Human Spirit | 2 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

Narrative Intelligence

How We Became So Smart

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

Karl Marx and the Alienation of Doctors

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

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