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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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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?

Filed under: History | 1 Comment

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

Filed under: Ancient human migration, History | 2 Comments

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

Why are we so vain?

Why are we so VAIN?

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Justice

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Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) film clips

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What is MIND?

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℞ for creeping cynicism

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

Filed under: Belief, Faith | 7 Comments

The Dawn of Everything

Filed under: 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

Filed under: Ancient human migration

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

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

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

Therapy for Liberals

Schizophrenia’s Enigmatic Roots

Filed under: Emotional Fossils, Evolution of Emotion, Popular

Top Ten Emojis

October 26, 2015

Filed under: Human Nature, Popular | 4 Comments

John Ashcroft

Does Liberty Mean Anything Without Justice?

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

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

Smoke from cabin

We Owe Our Existence to Cold Weather

December 26, 2015

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

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

Karl Marx and the Alienation of Doctors

February 1, 2017

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

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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