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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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October 16, 2017
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Learning from Arizona State University about Inter-Disciplinarity: A Conversation with Robert Boyd
Inter-disciplinarity is something that most universities want but might not be able to achieve without organizational change.
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October 10, 2017
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Completing Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony: A Conversation with Kevin Laland
At the heart of Kevin Laland's new book is a “cultural drive” mechanism, whereby selection for accurate, efficient information transmission shaped the evolution of the primate brain and intelligence.
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September 26, 2017
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Unspeakable, Forbidden, Taboo: Teaching Evolution in the South with Dr. Amanda Glaze
Join Dr. Amanda Glaze in this insightful and engaging webinar as she discusses her research on teaching and learning evolution in the South and hear the insightful stories she has collected along the way.
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September 18, 2017
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The Origin of Life: A Selfish Act or a Cooperative Effort?
Life arose as a cooperative effort among diverse molecule types in catalytically closed and self-sustaining chemical reaction networks. There is grandeur in this view of (the origin of) life.
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August 23, 2017
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Evolution Makes Us Flexible Because Life Is Unpredictable
A genome that can respond to environmental feedback and operate in many possible, unpredictable conditions would be even more likely to survive and reproduce than a rigid one.
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August 22, 2017
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We Are Not Hard-Wired
Genetics and environment are inextricably intertwined. There is no organism without a genome, but there is also no such thing as an organism without an environment.
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August 16, 2017
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Addressing White Supremacy, Hate and Inequities in our Global Village
Creating a truly functional, equitable, stable and sustainable nation certainly won’t be easy but a “blueprint,” can be found in our evolutionary past. What will it take? Those with the most power recognizing the realities of white supremacy, finding what’s needed to upscale this blueprint, and having the courage and vision to do so.
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August 15, 2017
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The Science of Sex Differences Is Complicated (and Biased)
If you only know a little bit about human biology, it might sound simple. XX or XY? Ovaries or testicles? Estrogen or testosterone? But in reality, there’s a wider range of developmental possibilities.
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August 2, 2017
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Does Conflict Drive Cooperation?
The relationship between inter-group violence and within-group cooperation is one that seems endemic across human societies, and it continues to be given greater attention by a range of scientists.
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July 25, 2017
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Teaching Evolution Requires More Than Evidence, It Takes Empathy
It is possible for people to be highly knowledgeable and reject evolution for reasons beyond evidence. When that happens, it is important to listen in order to understand why so we can bridge those gaps.
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July 10, 2017
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The Evolution of Darwinian Empathy
The Darwinian understanding of empathy consistently built from his initial hypothesis to establish an empirical framework by the mid-1960s.
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June 30, 2017
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[WEBINAR] Learning from Evolution About Childhood & Education: A Conversation With Peter Gray
Join Child Development expert Dr. Peter Gray, Research Professor at Boston College and a regular contributor to "Psychology Today", as he discusses evolutionary perspectives on childhood development and education.
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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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