Tag: human behavior

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __recommended, anthropology, apes, Barbie doll, Bayesian reasoning, Christianity, culture, dancing, Dungeons and Dragons, Elsevier, evolutionary requirements, feasting, human behavior, human origins, humanity, humans, indigenous peoples, Islam, John Speth, Judaism, movies, non-rational behaviors, praying, Quaternary Environments and Humans, singing, spirituality, survival, University of Michigan, war, witches, wizards}

Paper: Human Behavior Shows We’re “Far More Complex than Just a ‘Souped-Up’ Ape”

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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How do we explain all the “mind-boggling sweep” of time-consuming behavior that isn’t directly necessary for survival? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, Casey Luskin, culture, education, evolutionary mechanism, evolutionary psychology, genes, group selection, heroism, human behavior, kin selection, kindness, podcast, reciprocal altruism, Richard Dawkins, selfish genes}

Can Evolution Explain Altruism or Heroism?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 20, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Casey Luskin and I share separate recent examples of people who have run towards burning cars to save complete strangers. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, behavior, Casey Luskin, cooperation, Denyse O’Leary, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary theory, human behavior, intelligent design, love, morality, psychology, religion, Salvo Magazine, Science and Faith in Dialogue, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

If You Want Creative Storytelling, Look No Further than Evolutionary Psychology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 19, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

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If evolutionary psychology attempts to explain every behavior, including each behavior’s opposite, can it really explain anything? Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 29, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, agency, complexity, consciousness, evidence, evolution, free will, human behavior, imago Dei, intelligence, intelligent design, Internet, Judeo-Christian tradition, learning, materialism, memory, mind, Ohio, randomness, science writers, scientists, sensitivity}

Do Fungi Have Free-Will?

_{Daniel Witt
April 29, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

8}

Whenever a new hypothesis like this is published and calmly debated in scientific journals without arousing any furor, your first instinct may be to scoff. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ecology
Ethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ants, behavior, Charles Darwin, entomologists, evolution, human behavior, humans, meaning, morality, On the Origin of Species, physiology, purpose, religion, sociobiology, spirit, worldview}

Remembering E. O. Wilson and Sociobiology

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Ecology, Ethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

8}

"Wilson is — if his worldview is correct — just as much living a lie as those religionists that he castigates." Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 2, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, boys, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwin critics, evolution, girls, human behavior, ID the Future, materialism, natural selection, podcast, sexual selection, Social Darwinism, sociobiology, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Descent of Man, Victorian England, World War II}

Evolutionary Psychology: Checkered Past, Checkered Present

_{Jonathan Witt
December 2, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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If we want to effectively explain human behavior in all its messy richness, we would do well to look beyond this box of just-so stories. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", brain, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darwinian theory, human behavior, human origins, Joseph Holden, Science, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, William A. Dembski, wonder}

There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

4}

We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 4, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, babies, boys, brains, chromosomes, Colin Wright, females, feminists, gametes, genitalia, girls, human behavior, Jerry Coyne, John Money, males, sperm, surgery, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series}

Is It a Boy or a Girl?

_{Jonathan Wells
December 4, 2020

Medicine

6}

Parents with a new baby are almost always asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” And the answer is almost always one or the other. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 21, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __tedited, choice, determinism, free will, human behavior, Jerry Coyne, moral responsibility, purpose}

Can a Determinist Change the World?

_{Michael Egnor
August 21, 2016

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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G.K. Chesterton told an amusing story of a young man who wrote to him extolling the truth of solipsism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2016

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Sociology
Tagged
, __tedited, culture, Eugenie Scott, human behavior, Lawrence Krauss, misconduct, New Atheism, policy, religious beliefs, Richard Dawkins, secularism, women}

You Might Think Twice Before Signing Up for a “Skeptics” Conference

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2016

Ethics, Faith & Science, Sociology

3}

Thoughtful reader Steve asks, "Do ID conferences ever have to post something like this?" Read More ›