Will invasive truffles become the bane of European epicures?
Posted 23 May 2012 / 0Smithsonian Magazine “Truffle Trouble in Europe: The Invader Without Flavor“
A Minor Post, Economics, Invasive SpeciesLarry Arnhart reviews E.O. Wilson’s “The Social Conquest of Earth”
Posted 21 May 2012 / 0Darwinian Conservatism “Darwinian Natural Right in E. O. Wilson’s New Book” One of the most interesting issues raised by this post has to do with “evolutionary ethics” and that question of whether there is a natural morality. I would caution against confusing this issue with the “naturalistic fallacy”, which to me has to do with Read More
A Minor Post, Cooperation, Ethics, Social Norms, WebDavid Sloan Wilson differentiates “Evolutionary Religious Studies” from “The New Atheism”
Posted 21 May 2012 / 0Huffington Post David Sloan Wilson “The New Atheism and Evolutionary Religious Studies: Clarifying Their Relationship” It might surprise you which discipline is more scientific in their approach!
A Minor Post, Cultural Evolution, Evolution, Religion, Social NormsCan environmentalists and the religious faithful work together to preserve creation?
Posted 21 May 2012 / 0Star Tribune “Conservationists can learn a lot from religion“
A Minor Post, Conservation Biology, Religion, SustainabilityAre the most lucrative components of the financial sector parasites on the larger economy?
Posted 21 May 2012 / 0Marketplace “High-frequency trading: Bad for markets… and the soul?“
A Minor Post, Economic sustainability, Economics, Parasitism, Radio & PodcastsHow fast do anthropogenic impacts get amplified up the food chain? Ask a bluefin!
Posted 19 May 2012 / 0Marketplace Sustainability “Radiated tuna splashes up in California“
A Minor Post, Community Ecology, Pollution, Radio & PodcastsPeter Turchin on the “Dark Side of Cultural Evolution”
Posted 18 May 2012 / 0Social Evolution Forum Peter Turchin “The Dark Side of Cultural Evolution” I love the evolutionary nuance unravelled in this post: both the idea of “staged traits” and the strong assertion that traits are produced by networks of genes are critical subtleties often ignored by evolutionary hypotheses. I am a bit skeptical, however, about the assumption Read More
A Minor Post, Adaptation, Cultural Evolution, Mismatch theorySocial Evolution Forum takes on role of social networking in human cooperation
Posted 18 May 2012 / 0Social Evolution Forum Robin I.M. Dunbar “Networking Past and Present” Social Evolution Forum Nicholas Baumard “The Evolution of Cooperation: from Networks to Institutions” Social Evolution Forum Herbert Gintis “Commentary on Dunbar and Baumard” Some interesting stuff here: We may no longer live in fission-fusion tribes, but we still move around a lot socially (changing family partnerships, looking Read More
A Minor Post, Cooperation, Gene-Culture Coevolution, Punishment, Social Networks{Canis lupus familiaris + Homo sapiens} versus Homo neanderthalenthis?
Posted 17 May 2012 / 0Daily Mail “Did dogs help humans conquer the world? Man’s best friend may be the reason why we flourished over the Neanderthals” The Atlantic “Humanity’s Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals“
A Minor Post, Animal Domestication, Articles, Canids, Homo species, Human EvolutionIs the origin of all life the gyre?
Posted 16 May 2012 / 0Life “Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life” Over 100 pages and exactly 800 citations later, I am still not sure.
A Minor Post, Articles, Evolution