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Photo credit: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

An Evolutionary Theorist Plays with Words; Let’s See How Far It Gets Him

Francis Heylighen’s “ontology of relational agency” starts with an interesting observation. Read More ›
La Pasiega Cave
Photo: La Pasiega Cave, by Don Hitchcock, donsmaps.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Read More ›
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Human Exceptionalism Explains the Longing for a “Human Touch”

No doubt evolutionary psychologists could a tell a story to explain this. They always can. Something about tribes of hunter-gatherers. Read More ›
Hadza people
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Photos: Hadza people, awake and asleep thanks to evolution, via Duke University.

Test Your Evolutionary Storytelling Skills

Ever notice that some older people sleep less and sometimes more fitfully than younger people? Sure you did. Read More ›

As an Exercise, Write a Research Article in Evolutionary Psychology, Off the Top of Your Head

Right now. You can do it. Read More ›

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