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What is MIND?

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Mind is the will to survive that emerges in the wake of natural selection.

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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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An Evolutionary Ladder of Social Motivations

February 19, 2023

Filed under: Emotional Fossils, Evolution of human motivation

Homo aestheticus

February 18, 2023

Filed under: Human Nature, Sexual Selection

In The Beginning . . .

February 16, 2023

Filed under: Human Nature, Mind, Myth | 1 Comment

ChatGPT Reviews New Yorker Poem

February 14, 2023

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How important is community to humans, and where did the rules governing community come from?

February 12, 2023

Filed under: Evolution of Emotion, Evolution of human motivation, Evolutionary psychology | 1 Comment

THE CREATION OF LIFE

February 7, 2023

Filed under: Brain evolution, Creation of Life, Human Nature | 1 Comment

Open AI on Freedom and Justice

January 29, 2023

Filed under: AI conversations | 2 Comments

Total Ant Biomass Equal to 20% of Human Biomass

September 20, 2022

Filed under: eccology, Group Selection | 2 Comments

Medicine Older than War

September 8, 2022

Filed under: Evolution of Emotion

Upright Posture: The Primary Categorical Human Trait

August 25, 2022

Filed under: Evolution, Language, Uncategorized

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

Filed under: Evolution, Evolutionary psychology, Human Nature | 4 Comments

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

Filed under: Evolutionary psychology, Human Nature | 2 Comments

Does warfare make societies more complex?

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

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Progressivism's deep biological roots

Progressivism’s Deep Biological Roots

Filed under: Belief, Evolution of human motivation, Human Nature, Mental illness, Sexual Selection | 2 Comments

It's a Wonderful Life

It’s A Wonderful Life!

December 15, 2015

Filed under: Evolutionary psychology, Monogamy, Popular, Two Mind Hypothesis | 2 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

Filed under: Evolutionary psychology, Myth, Popular | 6 Comments

Mate Selection

Marital Problems

August 22, 2015

Filed under: Evolutionary psychology, Monogamy, Popular, Self domestication

Therapy for Liberals

Schizophrenia’s Enigmatic Roots

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Top Ten Emojis

October 26, 2015

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Sexual selection

Trump and Carson: Archetypes in Human Evolution

November 19, 2015

Filed under: Belief, Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, God, Popular, Sexual Selection | 15 Comments

New car problems

Conservatives Not As Happy As They Think They Are

Filed under: Belief, Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, My Favorites

Narrative Intelligence

How We Became So Smart

January 18, 2016

Filed under: Author narrative, cognitive capacities, Evolutionary psychology, Group Selection, Language, My Favorites | 1 Comment

John Ashcroft

Does Liberty Mean Anything Without Justice?

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Ian Tattersall

Career Splitter Ian Tattersall Slams Lumpers with a Cheap Shot

Filed under: Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, Group Selection, Language, My Favorites, The Ascension of the Human Spirit

Trump's Hair-3

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

September 12, 2016

Filed under: Author narrative, Evolutionary psychology, Human Nature, My Favorites | 5 Comments

Ring of Brogdar

A Pilgrimage to the Orkney Islands

Filed under: Belief, History, My Favorites, The Ascension of the Human Spirit | 2 Comments

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