This View of Life
Magazine

This View of Life is an interdisciplinary magazine and academic journal dedicated to exploring the application of evolutionary science across all aspects of human life.

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Is Cancer a Disease of Civilization?

Our cancer suppression mechanisms evolved for a world that is not the world we live in today.

Biology
Health
All
Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Chimpanzees Challenge Our Gendered Biases About Evolution

The big question is, how did we manage to miss these behaviors in chimpanzees for so long?

Anthropology
Gender
All
The Future of the Ancestral Health Movement

In the scarce environment of our ancestral past, having a preference for highly sweet and fatty foods had real survival and reproductive advantages.

Anthropology
All
Our Assumptions Influence the "Facts" About Sexual Behavior: The Curious Case of Jerry Coyne, Holly Dunsworth, and Anolis Lizards

The hypotheses that get tested do not emerge from a vacuum. All hypotheses emerge from assumptions, whether we recognize them or not.

Biology
All
Saved by Evolution: How A Prison Inmate Turned Science Into A Meaning System

Gary Shepherd is much more than a self-taught scholar. He has actually been saved by science, in the same way that many people are saved by religion.

Biology
Education
All
Are We Hard-Wired To Believe In Gendered Differences?

When scientists search for innate gender differences in STEM, they risk reinforcing bias and overlooking the social structures that truly shape opportunity and success.

Gender
Evolutionary Philosophy
All
Coming Out Darwinian. Is It Time To Rewrite The Story Of Sex?

Evolutionary biologists are scientific storytellers and we must acknowledge the power in the stories we tell.

Gender
Biology
All
One Of History’s Greatest Interdisciplinary Thinkers

Education
All
On This Darwin Day, What Does Evolution Mean To You?

Join the conversation about how evolutionary thinking can guide us in addressing today’s most pressing issues.

ProSocial Commons
All
An Evolutionary Perspective on the Real Problem with Increased Screen Time

Human communication evolved face-to-face, but digital anonymity disrupts this natural social bond.

Psychology
All
The New Age of Eugenics and Darwin’s Warning Against It

When societies embrace eugenic thinking, they betray the moral progress that Darwin believed in.

Biology
Politics
All
The “Benefits,” Risks, and Costs of Routine Infant Circumcision

Are there medical benefits or should we give human evolution the benefit of the doubt?

Biology
All
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