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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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July 13, 2012

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The Evolution of Abundance: An Interview with Steven Kotler

four emerging forces that give everyone on this planet the power and opportunity to significantly increase global standards of living.
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July 12, 2012

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Down on the Cacao Farm: Sloths Thrive at Chocolate Source

Once a tract of tropical forest has been cleared, sloths have relatively little capacity to seek out new habitats.
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July 12, 2012

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Clash of Paradigms

Why Proponents of Multilevel Selection Theory and Inclusive Fitness Theory Sometimes (But Not Always) Misunderstand Each Other.
David Sloan Wilson
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July 12, 2012

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It’s Rats vs. Penguins on Contested Chilean Island

"The cause of the decline in the penguin population is man," said bird veterinarian Paula Arce. "And of its eggs ... That could be the rats."
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July 12, 2012

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Cultural Evolution of Pants II

The association between horse-riding and wearing of pants.
Peter Turchin
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July 12, 2012

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Lost and Found: An Ancient Forest

An ancient forest has been uncovered in a mine in Southern Illinois.
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July 10, 2012

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Related Birds Evolve Different Songs and Colours

Canadian Researchers have discovered a pattern in birds' songs and plumage that help explain some of the colourful and tuneful variety in nature.
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July 10, 2012

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The Good Fight

Prominent scientists are in a bitter struggle over the origins of kindness. But the root of this conflict may be the most ironic part of all.
Eric Michael Johnson
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July 10, 2012

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BioWatch, False Alarms, and Adaptable Alarms

Some of the best solutions for human problems can be found in nature.This article from the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-biowatch-20120708,0,3444893,print.story">July 7, 2012 Los Angeles Times</a> documents some of the vexing false alarms that have plagued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s multi-billion dollar BioWatch system.
Rafe Sagarin
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July 9, 2012

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Cultural Evolution of Pants

Why do we wear pants?
Peter Turchin
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July 6, 2012

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Bully Psychology: Where Evolution And Morality Collide

In the most basic terms, bullying is about dominating and we come from ancestors who were big into the dominance hierarchy.
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July 5, 2012

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Mysteries of a Miniature Mammoth

An 800,000-year-old tooth that paleontologists originally thought belonged to an elephant is actually from a miniature-sized mammoth.
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Peter J. Richerson: Morality from an Evolutionary Perspective

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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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