Choose a topic area to explore or browse the featured stories below. Biological Evolution Language Tools & Technology Evolution of Ideas Sustainability Economy Health & Education Intercultural Understanding Discovering Our Distant Ancestors Watch: Spencer Wells takes us, as he says, on a journey that began “a long time ago [when] your family were on the brink of …
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Wassily Kandinsky, Animated Stability The achievement of the human mind is to create a sense of stability in a world where there is constant change. We evolved certain strategies to achieve this. Robert Ornstein, PhD; David Sobel, MD, MPH; and Sally MallamContributing Writers The content of this section, unless indicated, represents Robert Ornstein’s award-winning Psychology of Evolution …
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In 1900, the famed archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans provided the first evidence of an extraordinary civilization. He named it Minoan, after the legendary King Minos, son of Zeus. By Sally MallamContributing Writer Using wet pigments requiring quick execution, the Minoans painted walls with great skill and fluid brush strokes, which in their hands accentuated the …
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“Memory’s machinery reconstructs events, whether they have happened or might happen. The brain ignores time’s boundaries.” Daphna Shohamy, PhD. Robert Ornstein, PhD; David Sobel, MD, MPH; and Sally MallamContributing Writers The content of this section, unless indicated, represents Robert Ornstein’s award-winning Psychology of Evolution Trilogy and Multimind. It is reproduced here by kind permission of the Estate of Robert …
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Featured Book The Anxious Generation How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness An essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. By Jonathan Haidt (2024) Report by Kathleen MazorContributing Writer “It matters what we expose ourselves to…we need to take back …
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The luminaries who contributed to the work of the House of Wisdom spoke several languages and were all polymaths, with their knowledge and abilities spanning many different fields. By Hafeez Diwan and Sally MallamContributing Writers A few are listed below, with links to videos where possible to give an idea of their accomplishments, individual approach and effect on …
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Social Networks Hacking Human Minds By Shawn Fuller Contributing Writer Social networks, the ones we have belonged to ever since we ventured out of the trees and onto the savannah, have always been our most important source of information. More than ever before we need to understand the nature of such networks and the impact …
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From 900–200 BCE a new mode of thinking developed almost simultaneously in four distinct areas of the world. In each area this was a time of change, social unrest, and political upheaval. People began to question their own beliefs once they came into contact with others whose beliefs were different. In the face of crisis …
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“During the most splendid period of Islamic Spain, ignorance was regarded as so disgraceful that those without education concealed the fact as far as possible, just as they would have hidden the commission of a crime.“-S. P. Scott, “History of the Moorish Empire in Europe”, quoted in “The House of Wisdom” by Jim Al-Khalili By Hafeez Diwan and Sally MallamContributing Writers …
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“The real way to understand human genetics and migration is to time travel, and that is what ancient DNA has enabled us to do.” Professor Dan Bradley, Trinity College, Dublin. Dr. Luca Cavalli-Sforza was a pioneer in using genetic information to trace human evolution, history and patterns of migration. He recognized the importance of synthesizing …
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Prior to our ability to analyze ancient DNA (aDNA), we could only interpret ancient history from art and artefacts. Prior to our ability to analyze aDNA, we could only interpret ancient history from art and artefacts. This led anthropologists and historians to assume that the spread of ideas was the primary cause of change. Now …
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