This View of Life
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If we’re doing psychology, therefore, then we’re also doing evolutionary psychology: we’re trying to understand evolved adaptations—and their mental, behavioral, and cultural products and by-products—and our ability to do so is enhanced through the invocation of evolutionary principles.

Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman interviews Professor David DeSteno on the science of compassion

In biology, regulation isn’t about less or more. It’s about just the right kind of regulation required to survive and reproduce.

An interview with a pioneer anthropologist and primatologistThe latest installment of “On the Origin of HBES: An Oral History,” focuses on Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, an anthropologist and primatologist who has made major contributions to sociobiology and related disciplines.

Scientists used genetic engineering and molecular evolution to direct the enzymatic synthesis of a semiconductor.

Why using an evolutionary approach to understanding the mind is crucial.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the challenges that the global pandemic has thrust upon you? A positive change method called ProSocial can help you in the space of an hour.

A group of Russian scientists have discovered 10,000-year-old mammoth remains from Siberia, finding uniquely preserved tissue and blood.

The emerging field of “cognitive immunology” may hold solutions to our world’s growing disinformation problems.

The more we study animals, the less special we seem.

James Joyce developed a writing technique that mirrored advances in the evolutionary science of his day and these insights are present in his novel.