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Briefly Noted: “Behind the Shock Machine” by Gina Perry

October 11, 2013

Filed under: Dominance and Submission, Evolutionary psychology | 2 Comments

New book on Stanley Milgram exposes his conclusions about authority as “theater.”

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Emotional Fossils: Mental Illness and Human Evolution
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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

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

Progressivism's deep biological roots

Progressivism’s Deep Biological Roots

June 3, 2022

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

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

Mate Selection

Marital Problems

August 22, 2015

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

It's a Wonderful Life

It’s A Wonderful Life!

December 15, 2015

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

IMPATIENCE

Top Ten Emojis

October 26, 2015

Filed under: Human Nature, Popular | 4 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

John Ashcroft

Does Liberty Mean Anything Without Justice?

May 30, 2015

Filed under: Emotional Fossils, Evolution of Emotion, Group Selection, History, My Favorites | 2 Comments

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

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

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

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

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