Evolution and Language
AbstractThis chapter opens with an outline of Darwinian theory and the modern synthesis that provides the reigning paradigm for study in evolution, including Darwin’s theory of sexual selection, far...
View ArticleNeurocultural Identities and the Problem of Human Violence
AbstractThe chapter begins with a brief description of the evolution of the nervous system in vertebrates, spanning from the least complex life forms to Homo sapiens. In humans the development of the...
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Thinking, Politics, and the Evolutionary Process of Societies
SummaryThis chapter shows that presenting Vico’s idea of history and combining it with recent studies on prehistorical humanity and the development of the symbolic mind may lead to a conception of...
View ArticleBackground: Evolutionary Classification and Fossil Dating
AbstractFormal biological classification is a reflection of relationships among species and a means of organizing information about them. Relationships are determined by the presence of shared...
View ArticleA Question of Dose and Context: LSD, Peyote and Chemical Interactions, Human...
AbstractThe nature of dose, the amount of a drug that produces a certian effect in the body, either to treat disease or to result in a psychological effect has become an important issue today among...
View ArticleHow and why we should move beyond natural selection in museums to tackle...
AbstractBackgroundMuseum displays commonly use a “VIST” approach (Variation, Inheritance, Selection, and Time) to explain evolution to visitors. I contend that this framework, by focusing narrowly on...
View ArticleRace According to Biological Science
AbstractMany scholars now consider race to be a social construction. This means that racial categories, such as “black,” “white,” or “Asian,” are not based on natural or inevitable human differences...
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