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The Emotional Lives of Others

On Nias island, the heart can be ‘squeezed’, ‘hot’, even ‘hairy’. What…

There Really Is No Natural or Right Way to Be a Parent

We’re opportunistic, inventive and flexible…

Who Really Owns the Past?

Cultural heritage is an ideal imposed from above. It’s time to listen to…

What the Idea of Civilisational ‘Collapse’ Says About History

The idea that the Maya or Easter…

Is It Time to Abandon the Medical Construct of Being Normal?

Are you average? Typical? Ideal…

We Still Live in the Long Shadow Cast by the Idea of Man-the-Hunter

The hunt for human nature: a…

On Mana: Why We Bestow Certain Objects with Unearthly Powers

From the foreskin of Jesus to the scarf…

The Roots of Writing Lie in Hopes and Dreams, Not in Accounting

Was writing invented for accounting and administration or did it evolve from religious movements, sorcery and dreams?

We Are More Than Our Brains: On Neuroscience and Being Human

Neuroscience gives us invaluable, wondrous knowledge about the brain — including an awareness of its limitations