When we think about where psychological disorders come from, we often hear about genetic evolution. This usually leads to explanations that focus on inherited biological factors. But for many human ...

According to the authors, their constructive model, guided by social scientific theory, can provide the basic mechanistic explanation of social evolution and integrate theories of the social sciences.

Since the dawn of humanity, when fire was a miracle and hunting was a daily adventure, humans sought connections beyond the biological. Marriage, in its many forms and meanings, emerged not just as a ...

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum offers a compelling model for understanding the evolution of cooperation and conflict among unicellular organisms. Upon starvation, these cells aggregate, ...

Socioecology : origins and trends / Daniel I. Rubenstein and Richard W. Wrangham -- Polyandry in spotted sandpipers : the impact of environment and experience / Lewis W. Oring and David B. Lank -- ...

V. Gordon Childe and the relations of production / Bernard Wailes -- Gordon Childe and the socioeconomic position of craft specialists in early Mesopotamia / Richard L. Zettler -- Producers, patrons, ...

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting-edge evolutionary genetics research, helping scientists understand how ...