An Interview with Steven Heine: Looking for Human Universals
Sandra Aamodt interviews psychologist Steven Heine on genetic essentialism, culture, and the weirdest people in the world.
Monsters Incorporated
When was the last time you were stalked and attacked by a hungry mountain lion—or any other large predator for that matter?
The Evolution of Everyday Thought
Recent research on how evolution has shaped the mind and its development suggests that this view does not do justice to biological reality...
The Roots of Human Aggression
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.
Against Animal Natures: An Anthropologist’s View
To understand the behavior of nonhuman animals, then, scientists nowadays may look for the expression of stable individual personality traits...