This View of Life
Magazine

Evolutionary psychologists find that people prefer political leaders who are physically dominant when they believe their group faces an existential threat.

If you only know a little bit about human biology, it might sound simple. XX or XY? Ovaries or testicles? Estrogen or testosterone? But in reality, there’s a wider range of developmental possibilities.

For the holidays, we've asked our authors to tell us how evolution plays a role in the most cherished rituals of the season. If there is grandeur in this view of life, then surely it can be used to reflect upon the feasting, the gift-giving, the music-playing, the story-telling, and the hope of a more auspicious and peaceful new year!

Like politicians’ views of the truth, athletes believe that the morality of drug use is a matter of perspective, where ethics bends to pragmatism.

Bringing together cutting-edge scientists and scholars across this range, Darwin's Bridge gives an expert account of consilience and makes it possible to see how far we have come toward unifying knowledge about the human species, what major issues are still in contention, and which areas of research are likely to produce further progress.

An interview with Richard Lenski, who has become world renowned for presiding over the longest running evolutionary experiment of all time, on the bacterium E. coli, which has now exceeded 65,000 generations.

There is no better outlet for accessible writing that connects the science of evolutionary thinking to pressing and complex societal issues than, This View of Life.

Hint: It’s not because chimpanzees are nicer.

How can cooperative forms of governance overcome disruptive self-serving behaviors? The history of Freemasonry may hold the answer.

Can our species collectively cultivate the socio-cultural changes required to make our shared visions of humanistic values become real on a global scale?

Aggressive queens may be the ‘winners’ within their groups, but purely cooperative groups outlast those containing aggressive queens.