This View of Life
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With a clearer picture of where we came from, we may find a better understanding of who we are and where we are going.

Recreation may look like it serves no obvious purpose, but when dogs and other animals are having fun they are learning some valuable lessons.

Even babies as young as a year-and-a-half can guess what other people are thinking, new research suggests.

A science teacher asks if scientists and biblical literalists can get along.

The primates have an altruistic 'tally chart' that keeps track of social rewards and gifts.

Gut bacteria links human and chimpanzees.

WHY, then, is the natural shift from passionate to companionate love often such a letdown?

The same genes that gave rise to higher mental function are also responsible for a number of brain disorders.

Animals have become more complex over time could be a thing of the past.

Would cloning a Neanderthal be a desirable thing to do?

How evolutionary psychology helps us teach our children better. Evolutionary developmental psychologist maintain that evolutionary psychological theory should be regarded as an overarching framework for studying the ways in which youngsters’ developing cognitive and social skills may be adaptive or maladaptive in school environments.

Life 7,500 years ago included an ability and willingness to help and sustain the chronically ill and handicapped.