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Early fire, prehistoric colonists and baffled scientists – Human evolution weekly update (8/12/14)

Early fire, prehistoric colonists and baffled scientists. It’s this week in human evolution!

December 12, 2014 in Fire, Sociality, Technology, This week in human evolution.

Does grief give an evolutionary advantage?

Grief seems like a fairly destructive and distressing behaviour. However, new research suggests it may actually give our species an evolutionary advantage

December 11, 2014 in Humans, Sociality.

Venus figurines, Indonesian art and the interconnectedness of the Stone Age

The Venus figurines were manufactured across Europe for tens of thousands of years during the stone age. How could ideas like this spread before mass movement, mass media and mass hysteria?

November 4, 2014 in Migration, Prehistoric art, Prehistory, Sociality, Symbolism.

Chimps seen learning from one another; scientists seen running in fear

New research shows chimps are learning from one another. This terrifies me.

October 5, 2014 in Chimpanzees, Sociality, Technology.

Does buying your date dinner work? (or, “the second big reason you shouldn’t trust evolutionary psychology”)

Courtship feeding is building a relationship by sharing food. It’s common in the animal kingdom, but does it work in humans? New research suggests it does, which I use as an excuse to criticse evolutionary psychology (again)

August 7, 2014 in Pseudoscience, Sociality.

Lies aren’t always bad

Lies are often thought of as bad, yet research suggests they might sometimes be good!

June 19, 2014 in Humans, Sociality.

The human face evolved to take a punch? Spoiler: no

Researchers recently claimed that the face of hominins adapted to being punched. Despite making a buzz in the press, the evidence of this claim is…lacking

June 10, 2014 in Hominins, Sociality.

Atheists think other atheists are not as moral as theists

A new study shows that both atheists and theists will rate an atheist as less moral than a theist, even when they behave in the exact same way

May 16, 2014 in Religion, Sociality.

The evolution of the family

Our ancestors began to share the cost of reproduction around the family, but why did this behaviour evolve?

January 21, 2014 in Humans, Sociality.

Chimps abandon social norm for prizes

Chimps are highly social creatures, so researchers wanted to know whether peer pressure could hold them back and stop them from adopting newer, better strategies.

January 5, 2014 in Chimpanzees, Sociality.

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