People used to think of a ladder, with species gradually evolving upwards until they arrived at the perfection that is humanity. Now we know it’s more of a bush, with different species splitting… more →
EvoAnthwrote 8 hours ago: I mentioned a while ago that I’d been invited to write about evolution for Nature’s Scit … more →
wrote 1 day ago: Survival of the Sexiest: Female-female competition. … more →
wrote 1 day ago: Christopher Boehm’s book Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame (Basic Books, 2 … more →
wrote 2 days ago: DNA is not just found at crime scenes. It’s in every living thing – you, your cat, the bacteria on y … more →
wrote 2 days ago: Intro: It still seems unfathomable in this century that people will still claim they are reasoned wh … more →
wrote 3 days ago: My apologies. I realize that this piece paints a very dark picture, but as I see it, this is a worl … more →
wrote 4 days ago: For the last few weeks I have been contemplating how to approach what I am seeing in our society, ou … more →
wrote 4 days ago: “Can Horses Feel Shame?” This was a question posed by a friend who is both a horsewoman and an equin … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Cooperation is ubiquitous in nature, but how did it evolve? (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You’ve c … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Jonathan L. Friedmann, Ph.D. We are pattern-seeking mammals. We are uncomfortable with unanswered qu … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Sitting on a rock in Arunachala, computer on my lap, coffee in hand. The world seems to be still and … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Manuscript “Being Reasonable”, Richard A. Burns, 2005 (unpublished) I used to ask myself … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Dear hijas, What would it take for an evolutionist tied to long ages and slow and gradual non-direct … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Humans have known for ages that we can learn from animals. What humans haven’t realized until … more →
wrote 1 week ago: People used to think of a ladder, with species gradually evolving upwards until they arrived at the … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Americans, indeed, people in most countries and cultures that I’ve ever rubbed shoulders with, … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Dear hijas, I was driving around town recently and saw this bumper sticker on the back of a car. It … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Many researchers believe that certain human traits act as a signpost, advertising the fact that the … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: A COMMON sense critic of scientific pretensions like Theosophist H. P. Blavatsky, who has wit, sanit … more →