This View of Life
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This View of Life is an interdisciplinary magazine and academic journal dedicated to exploring the application of evolutionary science across all aspects of human life.

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Peter Turchin for Bloomberg: Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Society Frays

News
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Do Universal Moral Intuitions Shape and Constrain Culturally Prevalent Moral Norms?

Universal moral intuitions are like anchors, invisible from the surface but immovably secured to the seabed, whereas culturally prevalent moral norms are like buoys on the surface of the water, available to direct observation.

Morality
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Evolutionary Medicine Comes of Age: An Interview with Randolph Nesse

The evolutionary outlook expands the perspective of health professionals from that of mechanics to that of engineers.

Biology
Health
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Moral Rigidity Evolved to Strengthen Bonds Within Groups

Moral rigidity and its intimate link to in-group boundaries may have evolved so as to make us behave, and be seen, as trustworthy yet cautious team members in social environments mired by intergroup competition.

Morality
Politics
Religion
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How Does Religion Affect Maternal Fertility and Child Development?

Religious cooperation extends to alloparenting and that higher levels of cooperation among religious mothers can help to explain their higher fertility.

Religion
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The Joker’s Wild: On the Ecology of Gun Violence in America

The United States is the deadliest wealthy country in the world. Can science help us explain, or even solve, our national crisis?

Culture
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Grand challenges for the study of cultural evolution published in Nature

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Cancer and the transformation of life: An Interview with Athena Aktipis

An insightful interview with Athena Aktipis on cancer research from an evolutionary perspective.

Health
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Evolution Institute Vice President Peter Turchin featured on Through the Wormhole

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Teaching Evolution Requires More Than Evidence, It Takes Empathy

It is possible for people to be highly knowledgeable and reject evolution for reasons beyond evidence. When that happens, it is important to listen in order to understand why so we can bridge those gaps.

Biology
Education
Religion
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Does Conflict Drive Cooperation?

The relationship between inter-group violence and within-group cooperation is one that seems endemic across human societies, and it continues to be given greater attention by a range of scientists.

Biology
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Glancing Backward Near Lance Creek: An Experiential Essay

A fossil search out West brings amateur paleontologist Randall Wehler and his brother to a quarry in Wyoming that held former inhabitants of the land and water during the late Cretaceous period of history when dinosaurs still reigned supreme.A fossil search out West brings amateur paleontologist Randall Wehler and his brother to a quarry in Wyoming that held former inhabitants of the land and water during the late Cretaceous period of history when dinosaurs still reigned supreme.

Paleontology
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