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The Case for Adding Darwin to Behavioral Economics
As behavioral economics continues to evolve, it would profit from adopting an even broader interdisciplinary perspective.
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February 11, 2013
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Three Waves of Evolutionary Thought
What Darwin called “this view of life” has indisputably transformed the way we think about the living world.A renewed effort to rethink humanity from an evolutionary perspective didn’t gather steam until late in the 20th century. At first the enterprise was regarded as controversial but by now it has become part of mainstream science, which can be seen by perusing the academic literature.
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February 11, 2013
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Episodes from the History of Paleontology and Geology: Elucidated Using Culturomics
In this four-article series, Dr. Jonathan Hendricks from San Jose State University writes about a new approach to looking at trends in popular literature; applying this fascinating new method to paleontology, geology, and evolution. In this four-article series, Dr. Jonathan Hendricks from San Jose State University writes about a new approach to looking at trends in popular literature; applying this fascinating new method to paleontology, geology, and evolution.
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February 9, 2013
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Taking a Poke at Pokemon
A very real phylogeny of the very fake Pokémon creatures.
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February 8, 2013
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It Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief: The Evolution of Selfishness
A healthy dose of a few selfish individuals in a community of altruistic individuals can benefit the whole group.
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February 7, 2013
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How Mark Changizi Conquered Colorblindness With Glasses
A pair of researchers have developed a wearable eyeglass device that effectively cures red-green color blindness.
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February 7, 2013
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Return Of The Oppressed
From the Roman Empire to our own Gilded Age, inequality moves in cycles. The future looks like a rough ride.
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February 6, 2013
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From Dark Hearts Comes The Kindness of Mankind
The kindness of mankind most likely developed from our more sinister and self-serving tendencies.
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February 6, 2013
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Four US States Considering Laws That Challenge Teaching of Evolution
Critics charge 'academic freedom' legislation in Colorado, Missouri, Montana and Oklahoma is just creationism in disguise.
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February 6, 2013
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Genes Mix Faster Than Stories
Folk tales' 'DNA' shows that people would sooner have sex with strangers than tell their fables.
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February 5, 2013
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The Brilliance of the Dog Mind
New science reveals the multiple intelligences of mankind’s best friend.
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February 5, 2013
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New Study Suggests Neanderthals Died Out Earlier, Did Not Coexist With Modern Humans
If true, the study, casts doubt on the idea that modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed.
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February 5, 2013
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Monogamous Birds Read Partner’s Food Desires
Male Eurasian Jays in committed relationships are able to share food with their female partner according to her current desire.
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There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
- Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859)
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Evolutionary Science in Joyce’s Ulysses
James Joyce developed a writing technique that mirrored advances in the evolutionary science of his day and these insights are present in his novel. To explore this link, we can begin by looking at the most direct references to evolution science. Amidst the range of references to cultural figures in Ulysses, Charles Darwin makes a number of appearances, most notably in the fourteenth chapter, Oxen of the Sun.
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