Ovid Banished from Rome Type post Author David Berlinski Date July 7, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , animals, chimpanzees, Columbia University, Darwinian theory, David Premack, Dogs, dolphins, great apes, humans, Jesuits, mathematician, MIT, puppy, San Diego, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania Ovid in His Exile David Berlinski July 7, 2023 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 4 Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments. Read More ›
pianist Type post Author Ann Gauger Date January 24, 2019 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and AnthropologyLinguistics Tagged , __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Ajit Varki, Albert Einstein, animals, bread, chimpanzees, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, fire, human origins, humans, intelligence, Internet, iPhone, John West, Neanderthals, Noam Chomsky, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Thomas Nagel, tools, University of Pennsylvania A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes! Ann Gauger January 24, 2019 Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics 14 Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›
Acheulean hand-axes Type post Author Ann Gauger Date September 18, 2018 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyLinguisticsPsychology Tagged , __k-review, animals, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, chimpanzees, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, emotions, Jane Goodall, love, mastodons, nerve cells, perception, poetry, rational thought, soul, University of Pennsylvania Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New Ann Gauger September 18, 2018 Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology 8 Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought. Read More ›
kudzu Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 4, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ann Gauger, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, David Premack, fossil record, intelligent evolution, J. Scott Turner, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Neo-Darwinism, Purpose and Desire, Quarterly Review of Biology, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Human Instinct, Thomas Nagel, Wendell Berry Kudzu Science: Ken Miller’s The Human Instinct Michael Flannery May 4, 2018 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism 11 Miller is one of those “settled science” bullies. Here he sets his sights on essayist Marilynne Robinson. Read More ›
