analysis of social relations emphasizing communications and evolutionary psychology
The Barmakids encouraged translating Indian texts into Arabic in the late eighth century. Indian texts commonly were first translated into Persian. … Read the post translation of Indian texts into Arabic under the Abbasids
Status-seeking among the elite in the many cities of ancient Greece could have driven the Library of Alexandria’s collection to over 100,000 rolls. … Read the post the ancient Library of Alexandria's tribute to knowledge
Ibn Abi Usaibia is the sole source for the Aristotelian biographical claim that Athens honored Aristotle with proxenia. But Usaibia manuscripts differ. … Read the post Athens honoring Aristotle with proxenia
Reasoning, drinking, and patronage structure interpersonal symbolic competition across a Galenic saying’s literary-historical arc. … Read the post Galenic saying shows long-run changes in personal competition
From an evolutionary perspective, large-group sociality was the fundamental form of sociality in primate evolution. … Read the post large-group sociality more fundamental than family