Author Archives: Glenn Geher
Why We Love the Out of Doors – Evolutionary Psychology, Biophilia, and Walking in the Woods
When astronauts spend time in outer space, they often focus energy on life forms from Earth – such as the wheat cultivated on the Russian space station Mir by American astronaut John Blaha, and others, in the 1990s. One might … Continue reading
Social Comparison, Evolutionary Psychology, and the Best Job in the World
My friend Navin pointed out this online calculator to me called the “global rich list” – you type in your net annual income, and it tells you, correcting for cost of living, where you stack up to the billions of … Continue reading
Signaling Singleness: Mating Intelligence and Black Day
This post was co-authored with Jessica Fell Williams who is an MA student in Psychology at SUNY New Paltz and a member of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. This is cross-posted at the Psychology Today blogs and at the blogroll for … Continue reading
EvoS Summer Courses from New Paltz – Summer 2013!
Evolutionary Studies Seminar (EVO 301; instructor is Glenn Geher) and Evolution and Human Health (EVO 201; instructor is Hamilton Stapell) will be offered in a fully online format this summer (along with several other courses that comprise New Paltz’s unique … Continue reading
Evolutionary Psychology for Kids – Part 1
Evolution and Human Behavior – Thoughts for 6th Graders In late 2011, my daughter Megan, then 11, was taking an awesome social studies class in 6th grade. Her teacher, Ms. Naclerio, was very interested in evolution and human origins – … Continue reading
Mating Intelligence Unleashed is now unleashed!
Good news (at least for me and Scott Barry Kaufman!) – Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The role of the mind in sex, dating, and love has just been released. This book, the product of a great deal of time and energy … Continue reading
What Academia Should be Like – Anthropology, Gender, Evolution, and Sharing of Ideas in an Academic Community
What Academia Should be Like – Anthropology, Gender, Evolution, and Sharing of Ideas in an Academic Community I was very fortunate to be asked to give a guest lecture in Ben Junge’s Anthropology of Gender class earlier this semester. This … Continue reading
Welcome to the EvoS Summit!
The following is the official introduction in the program booklet for the EvoS Summit – coming soon! Welcome to the EvoS Summit! October 26, 2012 – at SUNY New Paltz On behalf of the Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) Consortium and the … Continue reading
The Evolutionary Psychology of Marathon Running: Long May You Run!
Marathon running is not evolutionarily natural. While our ancestors ran a heck of a lot more than we do (on average), 26.2 miles in a single shot is not likely something that our ancestors did frequently. And intensive training for … Continue reading
2012 EvoS Summit at New Paltz – 10/26 – Evolution in Higher Education, Collaboration with Robb Wolf, Grant Activities, and More!
EvoS Summit Conference – 10/26/2012 Since David Sloan Wilson implemented the first undergraduate evolutionary studies (EvoS) program at Binghamton University about a decade ago, the notion of Darwin’s Big Idea guiding educational experiences across academic areas has led to significant … Continue reading
