Yesterday, Jason Collins, in his excellent blog Evolving Economics, posted the following comment under the title “Teaching Evolution in Economics” At the start of the concluding chapter in Gad Saad’s The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption (review coming soon), Saad quotes…
Here is my first-ever column for The Conversation – published 27 March 2012. As part of a column I have decided to call “Natural History of the Present” – it will be ideas and news about research that illustrates the…
Johannesburg-based folks who are interested in science, evolution, sex, music, diet, family life or popular culture (and who isn’t) might wish to attend this event to celebrate the launch of the South African edition of Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’…
First published in The Conversation on 16 March 2012. There’s this gene that about half of all people carry. It’s a pretty nasty gene – it massively increases the risk of the carrier being a murderer or a murder victim,…
Well done to Alex Jordan who graduated with a PhD last evening, and who recently shared (with Laura Warman) the E&ERC‘s Thesis of the Year prize for 2011 for his thesis ‘Social Environment and the Evolution of Male Reproductive Strategy’.
As part of the launch of the US & Canada version of Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll: How Evolution has Shaped the Modern World, Huffington Post have published a slide show of some highlights from the book. If you…
First published in The Conversation 24 February 2012 We evolutionary biologists over-enthuse at times about the competitive nature of selection. Observing animals in the wild often compels one to agree with the 17th-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes that for most of history human…
A shorter version of this article first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald and other Fairfax publications on 14 February 2012 under the headline “The true course of love was never about profit“. Valentine’s day. What’s not to love about…
It’s Valentine’s Day, which means that Sex Lab researchers get their annual airing to talk all things sex and attractiveness. Rob Brooks had a great chat with linda Mottram on 702 ABC Sydney yesterday morning, and they have very kindly…
Humans are incredibly successful collaborators, but we all know from experience that some people work better in teams than others. Anybody who has sought or given a reference for an employee knows that the ability to work collaboratively is probably…