Humans lost their ability to synthesize their own vitamin C because our ancestors had access to plenty of fruit.

The best explanation I’ve read for our current cultural malaise comes at the end of W. David Marx’s forthcoming “Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity ...

Evolution has been a cornerstone of the biological sciences for the better part of a century. Rarely, however, has evolutionary science been considered valuable in understanding contemporary human ...

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

The cultural cross-pollination at the heart of Martin Puchner’s erudite but wonderfully accessible new book “Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop” is often the result of war and ...

The internet, Mr. Marx wrote in his book’s closing section, changes this dynamic. With so much content out there, the chance that others will recognize the meaning of any obscure cultural signal ...

Some of the most astute commentary on this comes from author W. David Marx in his book, Status and Culture. The core thesis of the book is that cultural evolution is driven by people’s desire to ...

A new wide-ranging book by Gregory Tague clearly shows that a vegan ethic isn't a radical idea and only about food, but also about cultural evolution, food justice, and economics.