I'm excited to share that my wife's book, The Mind Electric, is out! She's a brilliant neurologist and weaves together patient stories exploring the human mind. I read it and it's fantastic. If you r interested in the mind, culture, & how we make meaning, check it out! www.amazon.com/Mind-Electri...

Human and chimpanzee foot. We really are born to run (or walk).

Interesting post on philosophy over at Marginal Revolution. Philosophers, I'd love to hear your thoughts. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

Loads of evidence of cooperation among women in small-scale societies cross-culturally. doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Today the Cultural Evolution Society and @ehbea.bsky.social sent letters about the current attacks on scientific institutions. Imo, both were unnecessarily politicized. Here is my response, link below. FWIW, I’m glad the vibe has shifted and I can post this without worrying for my job.

New research showing that when scientists signal their political affiliation their research is viewed as less credible. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...

Whatever credibility science and scientific institutions have left is further eroding with pieces like this. "'Political advocacy is no longer anathema to scientific research, but should be embraced as a central aspect of science’s social mission.' This is even more true here at the end of 2024."

This figure explains so much about our species. Among Hadza hunter-gatherers, there is an enormous gendered division of landscape use, and this pattern isn't shared by savanna-adapted olive baboons.
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