Evolution

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

We’re opportunistic, inventive and flexible…

Life ≠ Alive

A cat is alive, a sofa is not: that much we know. But a sofa is also part of life…

How Culture Works With Evolution to Produce Human Cognition

Our thinking devices — imitation…

Is Bigger Always Better, or Will the Tiny Inherit the Earth?

Animals inevitably grow in size over…

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

The hunt for human nature: a…

Sex makes babies

As far as we can tell, no other animal knows this. Did our understanding of…

How the idea of family relationships shaped racial thought