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Why should polygamy be illegal and should the law be changed? Two cases are pending in the US Supreme Court and a case considered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 2012 upheld the law.

“Well, God is how we got here. God may have done it in the blink of the eye or he may have done it over this long period of time, I don't know. But I know how it got started."

A new, large tyrannosaur from China suggests puts the concept of "scaly dinosaurs" to the test.

Designing effective organizations using Darwinian selection.The key [to designing an effective organization] is not to strike some (inefficient) compromise between the interests of individuals and their group, but to work with the grain of human nature to bring individual and group interests into alignment.

Is the infamous <em>T. rex</em> really the most popular dinosaur in America?Is the infamous <em>T. rex</em> really the most popular dinosaur in America?

Helping students understand the evolution of our human sense of purpose should be the central purpose of evolution education.

The world lost a great human being in the passing of Elinor Ostrom.

Why are humans such a cooperative species, and what does the answer to this question mean for our understanding of the organization of modern firms and societies?

Lorna O’Brien, a paleontologist at the University of Toronto, has been studying an ancient animal that bears an uncanny resemblance to the flower that we associate with springtime.

Are we stuck with war? ETVOL reviews select contributions to the Science special issue on Human Conflict.Warfare and human nature seem inextricably linked. But what do we mean by “human nature,” and what evidence would we require as proof that warfare is an indelible feature of the human condition?

"evolution of intelligence can be driven by the need to deal with the mechanical environment, rather than the prevailing orthodoxy that it’s only the social environment that’s important"

Capitalism, neoliberalism, and state communism have intensified inequalities and increased global impoverishment. How can we do better?