Book Review: The Power of Chance in Shaping Life and Evolution
In A Series of Fortunate Events, Sean B. Carroll examines the profound impact of randomness in determining destiny.
Undark
Topics: Complexity Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory
Skull Fossil Shows How Human Cousin Adapted to Changing Climate
A skull found in a South African cave suggests that the species went through a process of microevolution during a chaotic environmental shift.
The New York Times
Topics: Evolutionary Theory
The Coronavirus in Evolutionary Perspective
Humans evolved social potential to cooperate with others will eventually ignite a collective response to fight COVID-19 around the globe.
The Evolution Institute
Topics: Cooperation Evolutionary Theory Human Evolution
It’s Time to Fix Evolution’s Public Relations Problem
Evolution denial is rooted in deeply held misconceptions and current practices in evolution education are not adequate to address the problem.
Topics: Cooperation Education Evolutionary Theory
What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory
To recognize strange extraterrestrial life and solve biological mysteries on this planet, scientists are searching for an objective definition for life’s basic units.
Quanta Magazine
Topics: Evolutionary Theory Extraterrestrial Life Information Origin of Life
Fossil Worm Shows Us Our Evolutionary Beginnings
A worm-like creature that burrowed on the seafloor more than 500 million years ago may be key to the evolution of much of the animal kingdom.
BBC News
What Is Philosophy of Biology?
Watch the interview series.
Closer To Truth
Topics: Consciousness Emergence Evolutionary Theory Origin of Life Wisdom
The Urgency of Agency
Our consciousness gets in the way of thinking about evolution.
Life, Unbounded, Scientific American
Topics: Agency Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory Extraterrestrial Life Origin of Life
The Secret History of Science and Religion: On the Origin of Humans
Nick Spencer examines the history of science and religion and questions the extent to which they have been in conflict with one another.
BBC Radio 4
Topics: Elaine Howard Ecklund Evolutionary Theory Human Uniqueness Models of Science & Religion Science & Religion Dialogue
Wings May All Be Universal. Smarts, Not So Much
Many astrobiologists believe life gets going easily on Earthlike planets and so will be widespread in the universe. It is then possible that some of those planets might have evolved intelligent beings.
Cosmos
Topics: Epigenetics Evolutionary Theory Extraterrestrial Life Intelligence
Gifted Education, Hope, Male Incompetence, and Contextual Evolution
The Psychology Podcast recap for May 2019.
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Education Evolutionary Theory Hope
Edward O. Wilson on the Evolution of Social Behaviors
Here, he explains the relevance of evolved insect behaviors to human nature.
Topics: Altruism Animal Studies Cooperation Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory Social Behavior
In Ecology Studies and Selfless Ants, He Finds Hope for the Future
For more than six decades, the influential biologist Edward O. Wilson has drawn connections between evolution, ecology, and behavior, often sparking controversies inside and outside of science.
How Evolutionary Theory Guides Policy
A review of David Sloan Wilson’s new book, This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution.
Nature
Topics: Cultural Evolution David Sloan Wilson Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory
How Highly Religious Americans View Evolution Depends on How They’re Asked About It
The shares of white evangelical Protestants and black Protestants who say humans have evolved depend on how the question is asked.
Pew Research Center
Topics: Evolutionary Theory Religious Groups
How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
The extravagant splendor of the animal kingdom can’t be explained by natural selection alone — so how did it come to be?
The New York Times Magazine
Topics: Animal Studies Beauty Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory Nature
Proof of Life: How Would We Recognize an Alien If We Saw One?
What exactly is it that astrobiologists are looking for? How will we know when it’s time to pop the champagne?
Aeon
Topics: Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory Extraterrestrial Life
Evolutionary Math and Just-So Stories
Evolutionary stories like the grandmother hypothesis are easy to construct from mathematical models, but how well do they reflect reality?
Topics: Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory
Mathematics Shows How to Ensure Evolution
New results emerging from graph theory prove that the way a population is organized can guarantee the eventual triumph of natural selection — or permanently thwart it.
Topics: Evolutionary Mechanisms Evolutionary Theory Martin Nowak
Why Social Science Needs Evolutionary Theory
The lack of willingness to view human cognition and behavior as within the purview of evolutionary processes has prevented evolution from being fully integrated into the social science curriculum.
Nautilus
Topics: Cognition Cristine Legare Cultural Evolution Evolutionary Theory Social Behavior Social Learning
Humans Evolved But Are Still Special
Steve Mirsky spoke to Ken Miller, a professor of biology at Brown University and the author, most recently, of The Human Instinct.
Science Talk, Scientific American
Topics: Consciousness Evolutionary Theory Human Uniqueness
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