This View of Life
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‘Ruthless’ and ‘demanding’ are two descriptors of Amazon's working environment, sink or swim. But Amazon is not alone. Can evolutionary biology shed some light on why competition in the workplace does not alway produce the best outcomes?

Let’s hope future DNA studies don’t show a lot of Trump genes in the population.

Female reproductive autonomy is a key driver of evolutionary fitness and social organization.

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.

How evolutionary instincts shaped the jealous, controlling God of scripture—and fueled millennia of religious misogyny.

Economics is in our nature. But it is not, as most economists promote, the narrowly self-interested kind.

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

A new theory of technological evolution implies there is an inevitability to the Anthropocene, and suggests a rethink of why and how the industrial revolution happened.