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Scientists find a link between trans-fat and aggression

Evolutionary perspective suggests that there may be limiting conditions such that selfish pursuit is only beneficial to others in some circumstances.

"The idea is to deploy thousands of different types of digital ants, each looking for evidence of a threat"

When the concept of 'organism' is expanded to include groups as organisms, the concepts of both “mental” and “immunity” can be seen in a new light.

It will change the way you reflect about man's relationship to the chimpanzee.

Paleontologists have discovered the oldest dinosaur nursery on Earth.

Two controversies lurk beneath an impressive display of interdisciplinarityRecently, we at <em>Evolution: This View of Life</em> had the pleasure of attending and covering the first annual conference on “Consilience”—or the unity of the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. The conference, of which we at ETVOL hope to see many future iterations, was organized and hosted by Joseph Carroll of the University of Missouri in St. Louis.

Evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson and science writer John Horgan reflect on the evolution of war

How can one make better inferences with less knowledge?We have shown that heuristics are often more accurate and faster in uncertain worlds than optimization methods such as multiple regression and non-linear algorithms such as neural networks. The reason is that simple models tend to be more robust than complex models with many free parameters, and are less hurt by overfitting.

The ancient reptile <em>Dimetrodon</em> exhibited a variety of different tooth shapes, probably due to evolutionary pressure from competitors who fed on similar prey.

Does evolutionary psychology misrepresent human nature?