The Stories

Recent stories in the news;

• Genes for bad mothers [London Guardian/Observer]
• Evolutionary Psychology of Clinton [Op-ed for LATimes]
• President Clinton's lust [Washington Times]
• Evolution of love; just three emotions
• Inner city dangers and survival
• Advantages of giving
• Spoonerisms as clues to primitive language
• Chimpanzee art [Daily Telegraph]
• The evolution of menopause [Science Tribune]
• Grandmother hypothesis [New Scientist]
  see also: Hill, K. and Magdalena Hurtado, A. 1991 The Evolution of Premature Reproductive Senescence and Menopause in Human Females: An Evaluation of the "Grandmother Hypothesis" Human Nature 2: 313-350.
• Longevity and parental care [Science]
• Payback for Good Samaritans [Science]
• Adam and Eve possibly not human, says Cardinal O'Connor [CNN]

Not in the news;

• Adaptationist explanation for evolution of homosexuality.
  This is a longish article.
• Desmond Morris' explanation of restaurant seating behavior.
• Biographical article on Desmond Morris [Mail & Guardian]
  mentioning his theory of hemispherical breast and buttock shape
  (and a whole lot of other interesting things about the man).
• Steve Pinker on Infanticide