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As globalization continues and the spread of genes between disparate populations increases, our biological features are likely to become more homogeneous. Culture, meanwhile, will continue to evolve at an explosive […]
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Living with the Masai people of Tanzania convinced Donald Johanson that art first emerged from bodily decoration—which in turn emerged from the earliest human bonding rituals.
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Don Johanson believes we didn’t interbreed with our ancient rivals—we just outcompeted them.
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The group of fossils Don Johanson found in 1975 marked a watershed in the study of human origins—and deserves to be revisited today.
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It’s true: the world’s most famous skeleton really was named after a Beatles song. And once she was “Lucy,” she became more than just a scientific specimen.
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The discoverer of the “Lucy” fossil explains her impact on science, and describes what she would look like walking down a New York City street.
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Even with modern GPS, scientists must “look and look and look and look” for remains worth digging up.
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A conversation with the paleoanthropologist and founding director of the Institute of Human Origins.
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Raising the standards of your dairy consumption can be a “gateway” step toward a healthier, more natural diet.
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The author admits she bends her own rules to eat out sometimes, and hasn’t eliminated white sugar from her household. But for the most part, the foods she craves most […]
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Substitute foods and engineered imitations are never as good as “real foods.”
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An omnivore’s diet is best for fertility, pregnancy, and nursing—and will help make sure your offspring are healthy.
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The farmers’ market pioneer explains why she and her family drink unpasteurized, unhomogenized milk, and why the rewards outweigh the risks.
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While industrial meat production is environmentally destructive and socially unjust, raising animals for meat on in grass pastures actually enhances the environment.
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Even if they lacked the variety we enjoy in modern supermarkets, our forebears ate healthy food that was, by and large, whole and unadulterated.
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Our ancestors had a much lower incidence of diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Could it be because they ate traditional, “real” foods?
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The author describes how growing up on the farm taught her to love “real foods” and how much healthier she became when she stopped being a vegetarian.
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A conversation with the founder of London Farmers’ Markets and author of “Real Food: What to Eat and Why.”
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The more potential dating partners we are choosing from, the more likely we are to choose someone based on looks.
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About the only time our gut impulse can outperform our reason is if we have developed some kind of truly informed intuition.
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Different cultures have different attitudes about options–and about how many choices a person needs to have in order to decide.
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Most of the time, when we’re confronted by an abundance of choices, it’s because we’re novices and don’t know how to differentiate between them.
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Animals, like humans, want to exert control over their lives with choices. Humans show this desire from a young age.
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Growing up in a Sikh-American family, the business professor became fascinated with decisions. As she gradually grew blind, she wondered how much her own choices would be diminished.
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A conversation with the Columbia Business School professor.
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The Catholic Church will be “a different color” in 40 years. And there will likely be female priests.
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This priest advises to stop “shoulding” all over yourself.
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It’s dangerous to be spiritual without being religious, and vice versa.
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Why the television host’s recent comment betrayed a fundamental misunderstanding of the gospel.
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The Church’s sex scandal has nothing to do with celibacy and everything to do with a “culture of secrecy” that put the Church’s public image first.
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