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Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution

Sarah Lyall The New York Times
Cat Bohannon’s book, “Eve,” looks at the way women’s bodies evolved, and how a focus on male subjects in science has left women “under-studied and under-cared for.”

We Did Not Evolve To Be Selfish

April Short Independent Media Institute
A new paper on multilevel cultural evolution shows how looking to our cultural evolutionary origins might help us improve society.

Friday Nite Videos | August 4, 2023

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One Company Controls America’s Entire Health Care System. Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall. Reservation Dogs | Season 3. Oppenheimer’s Secret City, Explained. How Humans Change Their Own DNA.

How Humans Change Their Own DNA

Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations - a thing we sometimes call culture - we have become the creators of our own environment.

When Culture Changes Our DNA

Thanks to our ability to develop and share complex learned behaviors across generations - a thing we sometimes call culture - we have become the ultimate niche builders.

Friday Nite Videos | October 7, 2022

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Devastating Revelations About Dr. Oz. Peter Tosh | Legalize It. The Unofficial Anthem of Iranian Protests, in Song (English Subtitles). Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester | Netflix. Svante Pääbo: DNA Clues to Our Inner Neanderthal.

Unearthing Secrets of Our Shared Human DNA

Joshua Akey The Conversation
Our Homo sapiens ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of humans whose DNA lives on in our genes. Unearthing those extinct genomes has profound practical and philosophical implications.

Friday Nite Videos | March 11, 2022

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Unsolved Mysteries: Why Hasn’t Merrick Garland Indicted Donald Trump? Cakewalk to Baghdad. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Explained in 8 Moments. Life and Death 3,000,000 Years Ago. Wrongful Convictions.
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