How’s Your Ancestral Health? Are humans driven to behave in ways that are detrimental to our wellbeing by adaptations…Aaron Blaisdell, Sudhindra Rao, David Sloan WilsonMarch 24, 2016
EducationMind Should Evolution be Taught in Elementary School? Nearly half of the U.S. population rejects evolution. Recent research suggests that teaching evolution to…Ashle Bailey-GilreathMarch 17, 2016
Sports Did Darwin Read the Sports Section? What can sports teach us about evolution?Kevin KniffinMarch 17, 2016
Examining Real-World Issues through a Scientific Lens EI’s belief is that by better understanding the stumbling blocks that can impede today’s learning…Ashle BaileyMarch 17, 2016
Paleontology Fossil Trove Gives Insights on Ice-Age Caribbean Ecology The arrival of humans to the Caribbean region likely caused a number of extinctions within…Sasha ParisMarch 14, 2016
Morality Evolution of moral outrage: I’ll punish your bad behavior to make me look good What makes human morality unique?Ashle BaileyMarch 11, 2016
EducationHealthMind Evolution Shows Us That Nurture & Love Are Fundamental To Mental Health Evolution helps explain why the need for love and nurture is key in creating a…Helga VierichMarch 8, 2016
CultureReligion How punitive, omniscient gods may have encouraged the expansion of human society With moralistic gods watching, it’s easier to be fair and cooperative.Benjamin Grant PurzyckiMarch 7, 2016
Politics The Ends of War: Human Evolution and the Origins of Inter-Group Violence If we want to understand the beliefs and behavior of people locked in deadly conflict…Dominic Johnson, Anthony LopezMarch 4, 2016
BiologyMindPolitics When Democracy Meets the Ghost of Evolution: Why Short Presidents Have Vanished Size matters in politics: America hasn’t seen a president shorter than 5’7” since William McKinley.…Lixing SunMarch 2, 2016