Our Evolved Minds: Groups and Status and Time, Oh My!
12 minute read An exploration of our evolved minds’ cognitive biases that help us understand why it’s so hard to care about some things, and easy to care about others.
Our Evolved Minds: Supernormal Stimuli
9 minute read An introduction to supernormal stimuli, the central finding of evolutionary psychology; plus, a discussion of the ways our stone-age minds affect modern life.
A Brief Overview of Human Evolution
11 minute read Within the deep time of Earth history, evolution only recently brought anatomically-modern humans to the global scene. But how exactly did we get here?
The Origin of Life and Biological Evolution
13 minute read In the beginning, The time period of Earth’s formation is called the Hadean Eon. Occurring between 4-4.6 , it is named after the Greek God of the underworld, Hades, because of its fiery landscape of volcanic activity and hellish conditions. The primitive atmosphere of Earth was remarkably different from today’s, lacking oxygen and instead filled …
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The Web of Life
11 minute read We don’t often think about it, but we live on a fantastical planet, teeming with a beautiful, interconnected web of life. But what does this mean for us?
Deep Time: Welcome to Earth
6 minute read Earth, our planet, has been around since long before humans existed, and longer than any human can normally conceive of. How do we understand this deep time?