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books, evolution
books, evolution
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| Jul 1, 2012
| 3 min read
Evolving, The Moral Molecule, Aping Mankind,
and
Experiment Eleven
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| May 1, 2012
| 3 min read
Masters of the Planet, Learning from the Octopus, Darwin’s Devices, and Psychology’s Ghosts
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| Apr 1, 2012
| 3 min read
Consciousness, The Social Conquest of Earth, How Not to Be Eaten,
and
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms
Killing with Kindness
Barbara Oakley, Guruprasad Madhavan, Ariel Knafo, and David Sloan Wilson
| Feb 1, 2012
| 3 min read
Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.
Book Excerpt from
Pathological Altruism
Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath
| Jan 31, 2012
| 3 min read
In Chapter 1, editors Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath introduce the concept of well-intentioned behaviors that go awry.
Capsule Reviews
Richard P. Grant
| Jan 1, 2012
| 4 min read
Our Dying Planet, Here Be Dragons, Rat Island, Harnessed
Anthropomorphism: A Peculiar Institution
Marlene Zuk
| Jan 1, 2012
| 3 min read
Should we rethink the parallel drawn between “slave-making” ants and human slavery, and other such oversimplifications of animal behavior?
Beyond Nature vs. Nurture
Darlene Francis and Daniela Kaufer
| Oct 1, 2011
| 3 min read
Researchers studying differences in how individuals respond to stress are finding that genes are malleable and environments can be deterministic.
What Price Kindness?
Oren Harman
| Sep 1, 2011
| 3 min read
Exposing the life and work of a visionary and troubled scientist opens a window onto the evolution of altruism.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| Aug 1, 2011
| 3 min read
First Life, Radioactivity, Brain Bugs, Life of Earth
Book excerpt from
The Wild Life of Our Bodies
Rob Dunn
| Jun 4, 2011
| 7 min read
In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.
The Gravity of Life
Rob Dunn
| Jun 1, 2011
| 3 min read
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?
Appealing Choice
Erika Lorraine Milam
| Jan 1, 2011
| 3 min read
A book is born from pondering why sexual selection was, for so long, a minor component of evolutionary biology.
Book Excerpt from
Looking for a Few Good Males
Erika Lorraine Milam
| Dec 31, 2010
| 10+ min read
In Chapter 2, "Progressive Desire," author Erika Lorraine Milam explores sexual selection’s incursion into evolutionary theory.
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