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Outdoor BBQ: A 700,000-year-old RitualHumans switched to cooked meats and they never looked back.
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Why We Fear ParentingParents are quivering masses of indecision and self-doubt. Why are we so afraid?
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Sarcasm Seen as Evolutionary Survival SkillOur social nature means we know how to manipulate others in a very negative way.
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Primitive People: Innocent or Savage?The arresting photo: three almost naked men shooting arrows into the sky to ward off aerial evil.
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Why Men Have BreastsA recent issue of People has a disturbing photograph of actor Harrison Ford.
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Brand Names: From Mesopotamia to MACbrand loyalty pre-dates the Industrial Revolution by a longshot.
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The Mild-Altering Role of Incense in ReligionIncense has a symbolic role in church but it also plays a biochemical role.
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Grads Get Pomp and ... DepressionGraduation brings pomp, circumstance, and apparently lots of depression.
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Why Doesn't Evolution Discourage Suicide?Around the world, in just about every culture, some people decide to take their own lives.
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What We Know (and Hate) About ConsciousnessThis makes us unique: I know who I am and I know that I know who I am.
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How Culture Makes Us Thin or FatCultures don't really understand the role of culture in how citizens look.
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My Day: A Brain-Sucking Tornado of Endless DecisionsMaking choices, no matter how trivial, exhausts the human brain.
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Why Humans Bother With EmotionsEmotions are actually adaptations to help us cope with specific situations.
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Deception: As Human as Sex ItselfLying and having a secret life can pay off in terms of passing on genes.
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Why We Cling to CarsApparently, humans want, more than anything, to move swiftly.
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Women Are Bound to Get AIDSBeing a push-over doesn't serve women well.
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If Only Women Ran the World ...An anthropologist's presidential endorsement went to a woman, any woman.
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Man's Other Best Friend: Shorn, Worn and Eaten for DinnerHumans owe a lot to the second domesticated animal — sheep.
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How to Solve Toddler Tantrums: Think Like a NeanderthalNo one knows why 2-year-olds have temper tantrums, but most of them do.
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Sex and the Evolution of LoveHuman mating should be evolutionarily straightforward, but it's not.
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Why We Love the Sweet LifeLove honey, sugar cane, molasses and corn syrup? Blame our primate heritage.
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Super Celebrations: Western Culture Parties OnFinally, this culture has started to live from festival to festival.
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The Dark Story of Human EmpathyMy house was burglarized, and everyone responded with an upsetting story.
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Meet Your Old Friend, the Multipurpose MonkeyMacaques are really great monkeys, along with being able to control robots.
