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• Originally published 04/03/2015

  The Evolutionary Origins of Politics: An Interview with Avi Tuschman

  Avi Tuschman

  In which he answers the question: How does knowing the evolutionary origins of politics affect the way historians should write history?

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• Originally published 06/20/2014

  Russia’s sacred land

  Peter Turchin

  To understand Crimea, we need an evolutionary theory of national honour. It’s irrational and deadly – but it works.

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• Originally published 10/28/2013

  Jovanka Broz, Tito’s Widow, Is Dead at 88

  Ms. Broz was a glamorous symbol of Yugoslav unity.

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• Originally published 10/21/2013

  Much Bigger Than The Shutdown: Niall Ferguson's Public Flogging Of Paul Krugman

  Ralph Benko

  Krugman's halo is now broken, thanks to Ferguson.

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• Originally published 10/16/2013

  Henry Louis Gates Jr. Fact-Checks "12 Years a Slave"

  "It was refreshing how closely they followed the exact events."

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• Originally published 06/16/2013

  The Problem with Evolutionary Psychology

  Marlene Zuk

  Credit: Wiki Commons.

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• Originally published 03/09/2016

  Why We Likely Are Monogamous – And Why Most Men Should Be Glad We Are

  (R)evolutionary Biology

  Hint: Monogamy is part of our egalitarian ethos.

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• Originally published 10/10/2015

  What the Prostate Gland Can Teach Us About War-Fighting

  (R)evolutionary Biology

  A clue:  The lesson of natural selection is that even mathematically precise systems fall short of perfection. We should keep this in mind as we assess what led to the bombing of a hospital run by Doctors without Borders.

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• Originally published 05/16/2015

  It's Madness to Keep on Developing Nuclear Weapons, so Why Do We?

  (R)evolutionary Biology

  It's because our Stone Age brain finds it hard to think straight about weapons whose mass destruction we find it almost impossible to fathom.