How “god” evolved #3: How does “god” promote co-operation?
<- Part 2 came before Belief in a “high” god who created humanity and gave us a moral code to live by is very common in most Western societies. Indeed, […]
Category Archives: Psychology
A problem with evolving co-operation
Co-operation is one of those peculiar human behaviours which on the surface makes no evolutionary sense but is still very prevalent. Indeed, co-operation is arguably the ultimate foundation of our […]
Wernicke’s and Broca’s area in chimps – Supplementary Sunday
This weeks top rated post is “humans have giant chimp brains” with a grand total of 3 up-votes, making it the 3rd most popular post of all time. As such […]
Are humans supposed to be monogamous?
This Wednesday question (or “wondering Wednesdays,” or something else witty and alliterative. Suggestions please) comes from Colin who asks Just wondering if there is evoanth suggesting hominids are monogamous creatures […]
Sexual selection in humans: What is attractive and why
Some parts of human appearance seem to be adaptations to make an individual more attractive to the opposite sex. This posts investigates what they are and how reliable the research into them is.
Caring neanderthals
In The Descent of Man Charles Darwin laid out his thoughts regarding humans. At length he discussed our nature, behaviour and evolution. But of all he had observed around the […]
A brief (pre)history of art: Part 1
The facts of this post are currently disputed An appreciation of aesthetics seems to be an old trait in hominins. Ironically perhaps it seems to be older than the production […]
Scientific pick-up tips
Recently I examined an article that suggested we may sexually imprint on our parents and seek out mates similar to them (or at least I like to think I examined […]
People sexually imprint on parents?
I recently spied an article in my Google Scholar alert feed that had a rather interesting abstract. This study investigates spousal correlation and mate preference for height in the Japanese […]
