This View of Life
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Our cancer suppression mechanisms evolved for a world that is not the world we live in today.

Every person is in a position to start consciously evolving their meaning systems for the groups in their own lives.

The big question is, how did we manage to miss these behaviors in chimpanzees for so long?

In the scarce environment of our ancestral past, having a preference for highly sweet and fatty foods had real survival and reproductive advantages.

The hypotheses that get tested do not emerge from a vacuum. All hypotheses emerge from assumptions, whether we recognize them or not.

Gary Shepherd is much more than a self-taught scholar. He has actually been saved by science, in the same way that many people are saved by religion.

Flawed science and cultural bias shape our beliefs about the evolution of violence.

When scientists search for innate gender differences in STEM, they risk reinforcing bias and overlooking the social structures that truly shape opportunity and success.

Are we wired for war or built for peace? Our evolutionary past suggests we’re capable of both.

Forgiveness is emotionally difficult for one very good evolutionary reason.

Evolutionary biologists are scientific storytellers and we must acknowledge the power in the stories we tell.