This is a piece that first appeared in The Conversation on 20 June 2011. It is based on the last three chapters of my book Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll: How Evolution has Shaped the Modern World. Kurt Cobain…
This is the start of an article I published in ABC Science Online on 16 June, about the dangers of allowing couples (especially couples who can pay) to choose the sex of their children through IVF. It builds on Chapter…
Maddie video Maddie Girard is a PhD student from UC Berkeley (Damian Elias’ research group) who studies signalling in peacock spiders and other insects. She is visiting Australia until the end of the year, and will be based in our…
The eBook of Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll is going to be sold in several different places. We will update this page as soon as each supplier has it. For now, you’d do best if you have a Kindle…
Literary Review 01 Jun 2011 The Australian Literary Review published this great full-page review. It’s a cracker. Mathematician and author Clio Cresswell admits some resistance to reviewing another book about evolution and human behaviour. However, it seems she was pleasantly surprised:…
Chang Seok has just been informed that he is to receive a Rosemanry Grant award for Graduate Student Research from the Society for the Study of Evolution. The goal of these grants is to identify and support innovative and potentially…
UNSW TV very kindly made a very funny and entertaining video that summarises some of my points in Chapters 9, 10 and 11 from the book. Please check it out and share the link.
I first published this article in The Conversation on 31 May 2011. It highlights some of the arguments about marriage in Chapter 6 of Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll It’s the sort of news conservative politicians and commentators latch…
I’m listing here all the media and reviews for Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll, in case anybody (Hi Mum!) wants to check them out. REVIEWS A full-page review by Dr Clio Cresswell in the Australian Literary Review on publication day…
I’m a huge fan of Baba Brinkman, the Canadian artist who gave us the Rap Guide to Evolution (as well as the Rap Canterbury Tales, and the Rap Guide to Human Nature). Yesterday he launched his new suite of videos and…