How Evolution Made the Mind
Evolutionary psychology asks whether humans are general-purpose learners or have Pleistocene-shaped psychological adaptations.
February 2025
June 2024
The Mechanisms of Evolution and Species Development
How does evolution actually work? Understand natural selection, genetic mutation, speciation, sexual selection, and the evidence that has made...
May 2024
The Cognitive Science Behind Religious Belief
Religion is universal across human cultures and deep in human history. Cognitive scientists have developed compelling theories about why — and the...
March 2024
Why Humans Create Art: Insights from Science and Evolution
Why do humans make art? Explore the evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and neuroaesthetics of creativity — from Sulawesi cave paintings to...
February 2024
Exploring the Biology of Disgust and Moral Psychology
Why do we feel disgust? Explore the evolutionary biology of revulsion, Rozin's contamination research, moral dumbfounding, and how disgust shapes...
January 2024
What Is Evolutionary Psychology and Its Debates
A rigorous introduction to evolutionary psychology: its intellectual foundations in Cosmides and Tooby, core findings on kin selection and mate...
June 2022
Evolutionary Biology: Concepts and Theories Explained
Evolutionary biology explained: Darwin's theory of natural selection, the Modern Synthesis, population genetics, speciation, sexual selection,...