Darwinism
 
 
 
archeology of mind
 

The Kim Kardashian hypothesis of beauty.

Here is a response I just wrote to a new article by Leonid Perlovsky, “Aeshetic emotions, what are their cognitive functions?” (See here, here, and here). Perlovsky raises the classical question, “Why do we fe...
 
 
biology of language
 

Is ROBO2 really a language gene? Hmmm…

The popular science media are wondering whether a genetic language code has just been discovered (near the gene ROBO on chromosome 3) … based on a correlation between a human gene variation and the number of words spoke...
 
 
Darwinism
 

Flatworm ejaculation is triggered by dopamine… a lesson in ultraconservation.

In biology, “ultraconservation” does not mean wanting to go back to the Dark Ages. Instead, it’s a remarkable fact about remotely related species — say, the round worm C elegans and your aunt Molly ̵...