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Our Deep History: A Short Overview
We introduce new perspectives on human origins and evolution. Different human species are increasingly perceived as streams of a braided river, not...
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The Life of Bonobos in a Tropical Rainforest
“Which one do you think you would prefer to be, a bonobo or a chimp?” I inadvertently took a deep breath and looked around. It was summer 2005 and I...
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“Progress,” Morality, and “Good” and “Evil”
Almost any person has made questions about what is moral and what is immoral, and numerous philosophers and literally thousands of publications have...
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Sex, Love, Marriage, and Misogyny
As explained in Diane Ackerman’s 1994 book Natural History of Love, in most “post-Neolithic” (agricultural) societies, there is a clear link between...
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Fürwahrhalten
Unter weitgehender Mißachtung biologischer Gegebenheiten verordnet die katholische Kirche ihren Gläubigen schöpfungswidrige Verhaltensregeln. Schon...
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Gedanken zur Menschwerdung
Mitte der 1980er-Jahre zeigten die meisten der zahmen Füchse jenes typische hundeähnliche Verhalten, das erstmals bei Puschinka beobachtet worden...
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The Conative Spectrum of Other Species
In an essay in his Psychology Today column, Dr. Marc Bekoff provides a perfect overview of the fast changing nature of neurobiology as it continues...
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The Making of the Anthropocene
Throughout the humanities, economics, geopolitical and scientific literature, film and photography, art and anecdotal social media, and other...
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Evolutionsstufen der Sexualität
Sogenannte höhere Seinsstufen entstehen in der Natur aus niedrigeren. In der Evolution entstehen nacheinander und auseinander: Ergänzungssexualität...
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Determinants of the Evolution of Brains and Minds
I will begin this chapter with a summary of the data regarding the putative evolution of nervous systems and brains and ask whether a general pattern...
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Are Humans Unique?
In the introductory chapter, I addressed the central question of the “uniqueness” of humans. Since Darwin, it has became increasingly clear that with...
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Wie einzigartig ist der Mensch?
Der Mensch unterscheidet sich in vielen Merkmalen von seinen nächsten Verwandten, den Schimpansen und Gorillas. Zu den auffallendsten anatomischen...
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Der letzte Menschenaffe
Wenn die lebhaften, durchdringenden Augen in die unsrigen schauen und uns auffordern zu offenbaren, wer wir sind, spüren wir sofort, daß wir nicht...