Summary of Sapiens

The Church of England will tomorrow officially apologise to Charles Darwin for misunderstanding his theory of evolution.

"Reasoning was not designed to pursue the truth. Reasoning was designed by evolution to help us win arguments." http://is.gd/30mvA0

A series of lectures by the UC San Diego's Center for Anthropogeny on the Evolution of Human Biodiversity http://is.gd/jbr77q #evolution

Scientists from around the world gather in Alexandria to discuss evolution – but is religion getting in the way?

the semen displacement theory

The research shows that when the game plays out, a “good” male will participate longer than a “bad” male, allowing the female to weed out a suitable mate: the longer they hang around, the more likely it is that the male will be “good”. [...] What this research provides is a possible explanation for the evolution of lengthy courtships in many species, including humans.

How to search for fossils by splitting rocks.. very cool

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