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Migration part of us from get-go

Migration Part of Us from Get-Go

January 31, 2018

Filed under: Ancient human migration, Evolution of Emotion, Sexual Selection

In the January 26th issue of Science, Chris Stringer of London’s Natural History Museum and colleague, Julia Galway-Witham have an article that accompanies a research paper of a major fossil find in Israel: The skeletal features of our species, Homo sapiens, include a globular braincase, brow ridges that are divided into central and side portions, …

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The urban planet and the history of life

The Urban Planet & the History of Life

August 5, 2016

Filed under: Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, History | 2 Comments

The May 20th Issue of Science is entitled The Urban Planet. The lead article starts out: In 2014, 54% of the world’s population, or 3.9 billion people, lived in urban areas. That’s up from one-third in 1950, and forecasters say the proportion will rise to 66% by 2050. More than half of urbanites live in …

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Emotional Fossils: Mental Illness and Human Evolution
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Grace, Fall, and Redemption: Mental illness and Our Evolutionary Narrative

July 18, 2023

Filed under: Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, Faith, Group Selection, Human Nature, Justice, Language, Mental illness, Mind, Monogamy | 2 Comments

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

Filed under: AI conversations | 1 Comment

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

August 4, 2022

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

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

July 23, 2022

Filed under: Evolutionary psychology, Human Nature | 2 Comments

Does warfare make societies more complex?

June 29, 2022

Filed under: History | 1 Comment

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

June 24, 2022

Filed under: Ancient human migration, History | 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

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

IMPATIENCE

Top Ten Emojis

October 26, 2015

Filed under: Human Nature, Popular | 4 Comments

Mate Selection

Marital Problems

August 22, 2015

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

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

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

Therapy for Liberals

Schizophrenia’s Enigmatic Roots

July 19, 2014

Filed under: Emotional Fossils, Evolution of Emotion, Popular

Ring of Brogdar

A Pilgrimage to the Orkney Islands

April 13, 2015

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

Karl Marx and the Alienation of Doctors

February 1, 2017

Filed under: History, Human Nature, My Favorites | 1 Comment

New car problems

Conservatives Not As Happy As They Think They Are

April 6, 2015

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

Smoke from cabin

We Owe Our Existence to Cold Weather

December 26, 2015

Filed under: Evolution of Emotion, Evolutionary psychology, My Favorites | 2 Comments

Ian Tattersall

Career Splitter Ian Tattersall Slams Lumpers with a Cheap Shot

July 19, 2015

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

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