Laurie Santos: Yale UniversityI will explore the evolutionary roots of some of our species' irrational decisions. I will start by reviewing some classic biases in the field of judgment and […]
Jacob Foster: UCLAScience is an incredibly successful instance of social learning. Its practices produce and subtly organize the attention, effort, and creativity of millions of scientists, leading to rapid and […]
A.J. Figueredo and Michael Anthony Woodley: University of Arizona, Free University of BrusselsA sequential canonical cascade model, detailing the hypothesized biogeography of human life history (LH) and intelligence (IQ), derives […]
Kristin Snopkowski: Boise State UniversityOver the past two hundred years, most societies around the world have experienced fertility transitions, defined as a dramatic decline in reproductive rates through time. The […]
Dan Franks: University of YorkWhy females of some species cease ovulation before the end of their natural lifespan is a longstanding evolutionary puzzle. In humans as well as some natural […]
Erik Gjesfjeld: UCLAIn both the past and present, human populations are consistently presented with unpredictable situations. Behavioral responses to these situations are often heavily mediated by our degree of knowledge […]
Tim Shields: Chapman UniversityWe describe results of a study in trust-based exchange that supports the proposition that humans perceive intention not only through what others do but also through what […]
Debra Martin: University of Nevada, Las VegasViolence (lethal and nonlethal) is often associated with social spheres of influence and power connected to daily life such as subsistence intensification, specialization, resources, […]
Drew Rendall: University of LethbridgeThe evolution of language is a longstanding problem that continues to invite study, analysis, and speculation from a variety of perspectives. One perspective has been to […]
Elly Power: Santa Fe InstituteDiscerning the intentions and character of others is a difficult task. In South India, religious practice is seen as particularly helpful in that process of discernment. […]
