How Evolution Made the Mind
Evolutionary psychology asks whether humans are general-purpose learners or have Pleistocene-shaped psychological adaptations. Learn the evidence, key findings, and serious criticisms.
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Evolutionary psychology asks whether humans are general-purpose learners or have Pleistocene-shaped psychological adaptations. Learn the evidence, key findings, and serious criticisms.
How does evolution actually work? Understand natural selection, genetic mutation, speciation, sexual selection, and the evidence that has made evolutionary theory the foundation of modern biology.
Religion is universal across human cultures and deep in human history. Cognitive scientists have developed compelling theories about why — and the answers are surprising.
Why do humans make art? Explore the evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and neuroaesthetics of creativity — from Sulawesi cave paintings to the paradox of fiction.
Why do we feel disgust? Explore the evolutionary biology of revulsion, Rozin's contamination research, moral dumbfounding, and how disgust shapes politics and prejudice.
A rigorous introduction to evolutionary psychology: its intellectual foundations in Cosmides and Tooby, core findings on kin selection and mate choice, the controversies over just-so stories and WEIRD samples, and where the field stands today.