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In Southwestern China, a 520 million-year-old arthropod fossil known as a fuxhianhuiid was discovered.

If we are to understand human behavior, evolutionary theory offers the single most powerful and parsimonious framework for doing so. As editors of the politics section, we aim to provide a forum for all new research on politics, irrespective of topic or level of analysis, but unified by a common focus on applying the insights of evolution to the many puzzles of political behavior.

Public participation in science, or citizen science, is finding a foothold in all branches of science.

A groundbreaking anthology bringing together leading evolutionary and non-evolutionary scholars.

Tiny primates form close bonds that may be foundation of human relationships.

When you have lost a democratic election to someone who fights against your sacred values, there is no consolation in the thought that you can barter over policy details in the legislature.

There is no lack of criticisms against our education system, but why would a psychologist advocate for a return to Pleistocene era principles?

Social competition and sexual selection have shaped human instincts for showing off our mental traits.Social competition and sexual selection have shaped human instincts for showing off our mental traits (e.g. intelligence. personality traits, moral virtues) to mates, rivals, friends, peers, and other groups. In modern capitalism, such trait-display instincts are channeled mostly into educational credentialism, workaholic careerism, and runaway consumerism, with often harmful effects on environments, societies, families, and fertility patterns.

The Last Glacial Maximum impacted ecosystems and drove many species to extinction.