In recent years we have come to understand better the forces that have shaped biological evolution over the course of time, such as evolved purposiveness, cooperative effects, and bioeconomics.  Meer

In recent years we have come to understand better the forces that have shaped biological evolution over the course of time, such as evolved purposiveness, cooperative effects, and bioeconomics.  Meer

This Element shows the understanding of ancestral environments to address the origins of infant-maternal attachment as a species-wide affectional bond.  Meer

This Element argues that gossiping is the most powerful mechanism to sustain cooperation without formal intervention. Propositions on cultural, structural, dispositional, situational, and technological gossip antecedents and consequences are developed and illustrated with evidence from the empirical record.  Meer

This Element has a more hopeful prescription for a new global social contract. It is based on the many examples of superorganisms – socially organized species – in the natural world, and in evolution.  Meer

This pathbreaking Element will attempt to apply insights from evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and archaeogenetics to IR. Among such insights are the evolved role of emotions in decision-making, intergroup competition as a driver of in-group cooperation, and culture, morality, and language as group-binding mechanisms.  Meer

This pathbreaking Element will attempt to apply insights from evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and archaeogenetics to IR. Among such insights are the evolved role of emotions in decision-making, intergroup competition as a driver of in-group cooperation, and culture, morality, and language as group-binding mechanisms.  Meer

Positive Evolutionary Psychology is dedicated to the integration of positive and evolutionary psychology, with an eye toward using Darwinian-inspired concepts to help advance our understanding of human thriving.  Meer

This Element provides a framework for understanding the evolution of the brain systems that enable innovation and novel learning and how these systems can act on human cognitive universals, such as language, to create evolutionarily novel abilities, such as reading and writing.  Meer

This Element provides a framework for understanding the evolution of the brain systems that enable innovation and novel learning and how these systems can act on human cognitive universals, such as language, to create evolutionarily novel abilities, such as reading and writing.  Meer

This Element argues that gossiping is the most powerful mechanism to sustain cooperation without formal intervention. Propositions on cultural, structural, dispositional, situational, and technological gossip antecedents and consequences are developed and illustrated with evidence from the empirical record.  Meer

This Element explores the evolutionary role of small groups as key actors in shaping human adaptability, resilience, and societal development. It illuminates the world-making and transformative capacities of small groups as primary agents of cooperative communication, cultural innovation and transmission.  Meer

Social role theory and evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory are compared regarding how well they can explain 15 cognitive and behavioral traits that appear in all cultures.  Meer

Social role theory and evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory are compared regarding how well they can explain 15 cognitive and behavioral traits that appear in all cultures.  Meer

This Element reviews existing literature and proposes synthesizing insights into human flourishing under multilevel selection (MLS). It approaches meaning as a reward that individuals experience when contributing to their community, using the Nordic well-being societies as examples.  Meer

This Element shows the understanding of ancestral environments to address the origins of infant-maternal attachment as a species-wide affectional bond.  Meer

This Element reviews existing literature and proposes synthesizing insights into human flourishing under multilevel selection (MLS). It approaches meaning as a reward that individuals experience when contributing to their community, using the Nordic well-being societies as examples.  Meer

Children growing up in harsh environments may develop intact, or even enhanced, skills for solving problems in high-adversity contexts (i.e., 'hidden talents').  Meer