Belief in conspiracy theories—such as that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an inside job or
that the pharmaceutical industry deliberately spreads diseases—is a widespread and …

From an evolutionary perspective, followership is puzzling because it is not clear why
individuals would relinquish their autonomy and set aside their personal goals to follow …

Two major types of aggression, proactive and reactive, are associated with contrasting
expression, eliciting factors, neural pathways, development, and function. The distinction is …

The challenge of studying human cognitive evolution is identifying unique features of our
intelligence while explaining the processes by which they arose. Comparisons with …

Across societies, humans punish norm violations. To date, research on the antecedents and
consequences of punishment has largely relied upon agent-based modeling and laboratory …

For billions of years, evolution has been the driving force behind the development of life,
including humans. Evolution endowed humans with high intelligence, which allowed us to …

What accounts for the persistence and spread of" commoning," the irrepressible desire of
people to collaborate and share to meet everyday needs? How are the more successful …

The pursuit of social rank is a recurrent and pervasive challenge faced by individuals in all
human societies. Yet, the precise means through which individuals compete for social …

Many researchers assume that until 10–12,000 years ago, humans lived in small, mobile,
relatively egalitarian bands. This “nomadic-egalitarian model” suffuses the social sciences. It …

Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them.
After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer's Odyssey and Dr. Seuss's …