Mark Moffet’s book, The Human Swarm, explains how human societies are Built on an (almost) uniquely human relationship – the friendly stranger … More Stranger Danger! Mark Moffett Explains Human and Animal Societies
Since publication of my book Human Errors, I have become sort of the go-to-guy for interviews about poor design in the human body. Recently, a YouTube media and news channel called Cheddar News produced a series of short videos about “Design Disasters” in the human body and I was the featured guest on some of … More Some interviews on our poorly designed bodies
I will be on a panel about Avatar: The Way of Water on Friday, July 21, at 6p. … More Going to Comic Con? Come say hi!
Hello friends. This is just a quick post to let you know that I will be delivering the annual Westbrook Lecture at the Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia on March 4th. The lecture still start at 3:00P.M. and here is a link to the EventBright: Established in 1912, The Westbrook Lectureship has been … More Written in the Scars: The Annual Westbrook Lecture
Two new books tackle the question of life and sentience and, together, they make a strong argument that neither may be as improbable as we thought. … More How Likely is Intelligent Life?
Science is finally making real progress on the question of how our species achieved a mostly nonviolent social harmony. … More The Decline of Violence in Homo sapiens
Our flaws show the limits of our biology and the way in which our past shapes our present. … More The Beauty of Imperfection: Why I Wrote “Human Errors”
New research on attraction reveals how this multidimensional phenomenon integrates in our mind. … More Attraction and Mate Choice in Humans
I have launched a YouTube channel where I will post events, lectures, video essays, and other content that I find interesting. … More My YouTube Channel
New research confirms that marmoset calls vary in different groups, showing that the calls are learned, not strictly biologically programmed. … More Even Marmosets Develop Regional Dialects
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