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As behavioral economics continues to evolve, it would profit from adopting an even broader interdisciplinary perspective.
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December 19, 2013
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Reproductive vs. Cooperative Theories In The Evolutionary Studies Of Religion
Religious passion for traditions concerning sexual mores and family turns out to be a product of the finer workings of biological and cultural evolution.Ever wondered why many religious people seem to be especially passionate about traditions concerning sexual mores and family? Somewhat ironically, this turns out to be a product of the finer workings of biological and cultural evolution.
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December 17, 2013
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New Arthropod Had First Complete Nervous System
<em>Alalcomenaeus</em> provides an important evolutionary step between scorpions and spiders and other arthropods like millipedes and crustaceans.
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December 4, 2013
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On The Origin Of HBES: Sarah Hrdy
An interview with a pioneer anthropologist and primatologistThe latest installment of “On the Origin of HBES: An Oral History,” focuses on Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, an anthropologist and primatologist who has made major contributions to sociobiology and related disciplines.
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November 24, 2013
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Theory of Cooperation—Generous Strategies Win the Darwinian Contest After All
From extortion to to generosity, evolution in the prisoner's dilemmaThe eternal struggle between cooperative and selfish social strategies takes place on the playing field of theoretical models in addition to the real world. The prisoner's dilemma is a favorite model for exploring advantages and pitfalls of cooperation.
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November 14, 2013
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Alan Greenspan, Human Nature, And Charles Darwin
Chairman Greenspan again uses the wrong model of human nature.Terry Burnham's response to Alan Greenspan's <em><a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140161/alan-greenspan/never-saw-it-coming"><strong>Never Saw It Coming</strong></a></em> at <a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140161/alan-greenspan/never-saw-it-coming"><strong>Foreign Affairs</strong>.</a>
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November 7, 2013
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Bird Brains
Besides physiological changes in the muscular and skeletal systems to support the physical aspects of flight, a bigger more powerful brain is also thought to be a key characteristic necessary to fly.
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November 5, 2013
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Huge Ancient Elephant Was Hunted By Early Humans
What happens when 15,000 pounds of elephant encounters early humans? Dinner, of course.
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October 29, 2013
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Profiles In Evolutionary Moral Psychology: Jonathan Haidt
What novel insights can evolutionary approaches provide about human morality? What novel insights can evolutionary approaches provide about human morality? Jonathan Haidt describes his work and inspirations for understanding six universal moral foundations and the ecstasy of self-transcendence (transpersonal identification) common in religious and spiritual experiences.
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October 27, 2013
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Napoleon Chagnon: The Fierce Sociobiologist
Times have changed for the study of human behavior from an evolutionary perspective, thanks in part to his pioneering spirit.
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October 22, 2013
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You Know About “Bio-Inspired Tech,” But You May Not Have Heard About “Tech-Inspired Biology”
How understanding technology can better elucidate evolution.<em>Understanding evolution can lead to better technology. But did you know that understanding technology can better elucidate evolution? …that technology itself is evolving over time to discover truths about our biology?</em>
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October 22, 2013
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In Spain, First Fossilized Beetle Found in Amber
The fossil found in the Peñacerrada I outcrop in Spain was the first Spanish beetle ever described in amber.
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Finding Purpose in Evolution Education: A Conversation with Susan Hanisch and Dustin Eirdosh
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PsychTable.org: A Digital Classification Table of Human Evolved Psychological Adaptations. A Conversation with Niruban Balachandran and Daniel Glass
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February 26, 2020
Evolution Doesn't Make Everything Nice: A Conversation About Primate Societies with Joan Silk
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January 29, 2020
Dugnad as Part of Norway's Culture of Cooperation: A Conversation with Carsta Simon and Hilde Mobekk
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October 21, 2019
Peter Gray on Education as a Biological Phenomenon, Learning from Hunter-Gatherers, and Letting Children Lead
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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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