How can the stunning diversity of social systems and behaviours seen in nature be explained? Drawing on social evolution theory, experimental evidence and studies conducted in the field, this book ...

He agreed to take the case because he believed that evolution theory led to dangerous social movements. And he believed the Bible should be interpreted literally. The weather was stiflingly hot ...

Hypotheses like global workspace theory, integrated information theory ... highlighting consciousness’s role as a form of ...

The theory of evolution demonstrates that both are needed ... but with no art and with only crude technology and primitive social interaction. Then 50,000 years ago, something happened -- a ...

This project addresses core issues in evolutionary theory. Jonathan Birch works on the foundational concepts introduced in the 1960s by W. D. Hamilton that changed the way we think about how social ...

“Social Darwinism”, for example ... By far the most controversial aspect of evolution theory was its apparent contradiction of the biblical account of creation, in which God created animals ...

The discovery of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, and continues to capture human imagination.