My work is at a nexus between evolutionary psychology and the psychology of religion. I often wonder things like why religions evolved different food practices and why they have different religious ...

Illustration of study design for exploring the impact of conflict reducing evolution education practices on student acceptance of evolution. Students in biology classes accepted the theory of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...

In a recent review, evolutionary biologists Marta Szulkin, Colin Garroway and I, in collaboration with scientists spread across five continents, explored how cultural processes—including religion, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Carlen, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) People often ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in ...

The conflict between science and religion may have its origins in the structure of our brains, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Babson College have found. Clashes between the use of ...

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