Evolution - Research Articles

A speculative synthesis: an early, enforced incest taboo scaled exogamy and alliance networks, raised effective population size and heterozygosity, and helped H. sapiens outcompete archaic cousins.

Surveying genetic, anatomical, and cultural evidence that humans tamed themselves through “survival of the friendliest.”

Integrating Darwinian evolution with ancient creation myths to trace the physical and psychological origins of humanity.

Snake Cult of Consciousness weaves neuroscience, evolutionary theory, and Western mystical symbolism into a hypothesis on the origins of human self-awareness.

Dr. Thacker returns to Vectors of Mind for a deep discussion about human evolution and consciousness. Stetson, who holds a PhD in genetics with expertise in cancer and neurodevelopmental disorders, w…

Humans are unique among animals for their capacity for symbolic thought and their reliance on complex, grammatical language. About 70,000 years ago, our species began producing art and then took over …

A comprehensive interdisciplinary theory proposing that human consciousness originated as a cultural invention in prehistoric times, likely pioneered by women and spread through ritual and language.

Ancient DNA and quantitative-genetic models reveal ongoing selection on human cognitive traits throughout the Holocene.

Systematic audit of 12 evolutionary, archaeological and mythic puzzles and how the Eve Theory of Consciousness purports to solve them.

A comprehensive review of how the X chromosome influences human brain development, cognitive function, and neurological disorders.