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By Brenna R. Hassett We know that humans live relatively long lives, and we certainly know that we spend a larger proportion of those lives as children than other species. The question remains: how did we manage to extend this critical period of our growth? ...

When we look at the time in life when peer learning occurs, we see that it is when animals are on the cusp of adulthood—the ones that are mobile, changing

Here we can start to unravel part of the mystery of the human pair bond, by examining what our other clever, social primate relatives use pair bonding for.

This sort of thing is thought of as science partly out of courtesy and partly out of fear of the Darwinists.

Of the innumerable species on the planet, just a bare handful have evolved to have one of the most counterintuitive adaptations possible. In a small number of

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities. By Jan

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities. By Jan Ritch-Frel All of humanity can now take the Grand Tour: a travel circuit of global sites that help ...

Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities.

In a new book, Growing Up Human, a bioarchaeologist chronicles the most surprising evolutionary adaptations of babies and parents.

Why humans invest so much more time and effort in raising their offspring than other animals