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Nick Longrich, The Conversation

What evolved faster – human brain or human society?

Humans in ancient times lacked smartphones and spaceflight, but we know from studying philosophers such as Buddha and Aristotle that they were just as clever.

Nick Longrich, The Conversation
· Sep 27, 2020 · 09:30 pm
How love evolved to favour cooperation over the instinct to survive

It began with maternal love – the first kind of love, from which all others evolved.

Nick Longrich, The Conversation
· Feb 22, 2020 · 11:30 pm
300,000 years ago, nine human species lived on Earth. Did homo sapiens exterminate the others?

A tendency to engage in genocide is arguably an intrinsic, instinctive part of human nature.

Nick Longrich, The Conversation
· Nov 23, 2019 · 07:30 pm