10.29.12 Monsters Incorporated Being Human When was the last time you were stalked and attacked by a hungry mountain lion—or any other large predator for that matter?
10.17.12 The Evolution of Everyday Thought Being Human Recent research on how evolution has shaped the mind and its development suggests that this view does not do justice to biological reality...
10.15.12 The Roots of Human Aggression Guest Post, Being Human Humans are more often at peace than at war; we cooperate more than we conflict. In fact, there is mounting evidence that cooperation may be acentral facet in explaining our success as a species.
09.25.12 Against Animal Natures: An Anthropologist’s View Guest Post, Being Human To understand the behavior of nonhuman animals, then, scientists nowadays may look for the expression of stable individual personality traits...
08.19.12 Lying Guest Post, Being Human We like people who don’t lie; we feel they’re trustworthy. But perhaps life is not that simple, not that black and white.
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