Author: Evolution News
Design Thinking Is Hardwired in the Human Brain. How Come?
Despite their training, scientists slip almost irresistibly into the habit of ascribing purpose to natural phenomena.
The Brain Remains an Evolutionary Mystery
A major difficulty from a Darwinian perspective is explaining why our brains are so much more complicated than any other animal’s.
Genoeconomics: An Ideal Societal Genetic Recipe for Economic Prosperity?
Harvard’s Daniel Lieberman, famed for arguing that “We have evolved to need coercion,” goes against stereotype by warning against scientism.
Survival of the Poorest: Another Evolutionary Paradox
By all accounts, the rich should be, in Darwinian terms, the fittest.
Epigenetic Code Revives Lamarck, Partially
The old giraffe’s-neck story may be wrong but there are epigenetic mechanisms at work that appear to create heritable changes in response to the environment.