So, too, did the human brain. Evolutionary psychology is the study of the ways in which the mind was shaped by pressures to survive and reproduce. Findings in this field often shed light on ...

Professors Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies and Rachel Segalman are elected fellows of the American Association for the ...

Selfishness aids survival but requires balance in society. While modern life rewards both selfish and cooperative behaviors, ...

I'm a former British army officer and an expert on conflict, and I've just written a book called "Why We Fight" about the evolutionary psychology of warfare. The real question is, how have we ...

A new study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science challenges the theory that early fertility primarily benefits women from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. The research found ...

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