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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

evolution

gender in evolutionary understanding of violence against men

Interpersonal violence among human adults is highly disproportionately violence against men. That’s a key fact for evolutionary understanding of violence. … Read the post gender in evolutionary understanding of violence against men

Henrich on cultural success, silence on cultural failure

Joseph Henrich’s recent book, The Secret of Our Success, suggests inevitable cultural enlightenment. But culture can make humans more brutal and stupid. … Read the post Henrich on cultural success, silence on cultural failure

human vocal communication and humpback whale songs

The coding bandwidth of humpback whale songs is roughly fifty times less than the coding bandwidth required to communicate spoken English. … Read the post human vocal communication and humpback whale songs

social innovation in the long term

Social organization isn’t tightly anchored in human nature and environment. Innovations in communal beliefs affect social organization long-term. … Read the post social innovation in the long term

childless men are pillars of human society

In the human evolutionary history of cooperative breeding, childless men have played a crucial role in provisioning middle-aged breeders. … Read the post childless men are pillars of human society

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