So, too, did the human brain. Evolutionary psychology is the study of the ways in which the mind was shaped by pressures to survive and reproduce. Findings in this field often shed light on ...

I'm a former British army officer and an expert on conflict, and I've just written a book called "Why We Fight" about the evolutionary psychology of warfare. The real question is, how have we ...

Professors Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies and Rachel Segalman are elected fellows of the American Association for the ...

New research, published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, provides evidence that biracial people are viewed more positively than their monoracial counterparts, potentially due to the ...

The evolutionary link between sickle-cell trait and malaria resistance showed that humans can and do adapt. But are the “bugs” that make us sick evolving as well? While malaria is the best ...

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