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Did Human Evolution Favor Individualists or Altruists?
Rand's mistake was in essentializing the distinction between "individualist freedom" vs. "collectivist tyranny" and then transporting it into our human past.
Small Family Size Increases the Wealth of Descendants but Reduces Evolutionary Success
Having a small number of children increased the economic success and social position of descendants across up to four generations, but reduced the total number of long-term descendants.
Do Wild Bats Hold the Key to Understanding Human Tribal Behavior?
Disease-causing pathogens–viruses, bacteria and protists–have geographies, both in terms of where they can be found and how common they are within those regions.
Why should polygamy be illegal and should the law be changed? Two cases are pending in the US Supreme Court and a case considered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 2012 upheld the law.
