Agustín Fuentes
Are society’s biggest conflicts linked to our ‘inherent tribalism’?
Over the past several years, the conflicts we see around us — particularly political ones — are blamed on humanity’s ...
Viewpoint: Challenging the ‘us vs. them tribalism myth’ — No, humans are not programmed by evolution to be in conflict with others
More than 200 million people were killed in the 20th century due to war and acts of genocide. Many of ...
Viewpoint: How much are male-female differences grounded in genetics?
The belief that men are by nature aggressive and belligerent but protectors—like the Roman god of war, Mars—and women are ...
Is humanity doomed because our population is growing too fast — or too slow? Here’s the skinny on human catastrophe scenarios
Will birthrates doom humanity? Tech billionaire Elon Musk sounded an old alarm in December when he claimed that declining births ...
Precision medicine is reshaping the debate over ‘race’
Precision medicine is an emerging field with immense potential for better understanding of diseases and improved treatment outcomes. Its focus: ...
It started with rocks: How we developed belief, our ‘most creative and destructive’ ability
About 20 years ago, the residents of Padangtegal village in Bali, Indonesia, had a problem. The famous, monkey-filled forest surrounding ...
Can we learn about ourselves by studying chimpanzees? Not really.
Trying to go back to our animal roots sounds good in theory, but we can't truly find out what it ...
