Tag: evolution

Turning Your Personal Biography Into A Cosmological Narrative: An iPad-App

A few months ago I was looking for an app to manage my appointments, to do-lists, etc. I stumbled upon this peculiar app called “Timeline Eon“. The app basically gives an overview of history, starting from the Big Bang (presumably ending at the app's latest update). What you can do, is add your own events […]

The Art in Nature – or: Thinking About My Research

Land art is a fascinating form of art, blurring the lines between the artificial and the natural. You could say land art gives us insight in the way culture works: integrating humanity in the natural world, while at the same time changing that world – making it hard to say whether the artist discovered or […]

Evolution, Sex, and Finding Your Inner Grok: An Interview with Marlene Zuk – lareviewofbooks

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Evolution, Sex, and Finding Your Inner Grok: An Interview with Marlene Zuk lareviewofbooks MARLENE ZUK IS AN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST at the University of Minnesota. Her last book was a pithily entertaining look at sex on six legs. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Interesting interview, not the least for the final bit […]

EO Wilson mistakenly touts group selection (again) – Why Evolution …

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution As most of you know, Edward O. Wilson is one of the world’s most famous and accomplished biologists. He was the founder of evolutionary psychology (known as “sociobiology” back then), author of two Pulitzer-Prize-winning … See on whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com

Why Men Don’t Read Maps Better Than Women

A recent study showed that there is no adaptive reason why males are (slightly) better at spatial orientation than females. The cause for this feature could be the amount of testosterone in one’s body. I like this report for two reasons: (a) It brings back memories of vivid discussions with my wife while driving through […]

Can culture protect genetics from misuse? – Futurity: Research News

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Can culture protect genetics from misuse? Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: An important discussion, in a sense maybe even thé discussion of our time, boiling down to the question: what does it mean to be human? Or, like my son once said, when he was six  and we asked him to […]