Category Archives: Evolution & Pop Culture
Sabbatical is Here!
Have I started relaxing yet? Everyone asks me this. Do y’all not know me? We just arrived at my in-laws for the holiday, & I’m already thinking about how to fill my days. I don’t relax well. But I am … Continue reading
Posted in American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Christopher Lynn, Education, Evolution & Pop Culture, Evolution Outreach, Human Biology Association, Sabbatical, Southeastern Evolutionary Perspectives Society
Tagged American Samoa, Big Red Earth, Costa Rica, Dustin Eirdosh, Erik Peterson, EvoKids, Evolution Education in the American South, Greg Batchelder, HBERG, immune response, Michael Muehlenbein, Michaela Howells, SEEPS, Signaling theory, Susan Hanisch, tattooing, Tisa's Tattoo Festival, Transcendental Medication, UA in Oxford, Zika
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How Exactly is Evolution a “Crosscutting Concept”? Enter Bill Nye the Science Guy
Finally, Some Evolution Controversy: No Such Thing As Bad Press If you’re like me, you are feeling pretty bummed today about not getting a ticket to see Bill Nye. The fact that only a limited number of students were able … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evolution & Astronomy, Evolution & Pop Culture, Evolution in Higher Education, Evolution in Media, Evolution in the Classroom
Tagged Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution, ALLELE, Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy, E.O. Wilson
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Reflections on the Costs of Evolved Self-Awareness: Comparing Trajectories of Davids—Foster Wallace & Insurgent
I’m going to be writing on the costly implications of self-awareness in a forthcoming book & was walking around listening to Reagan Youth on Spotify & David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest on Audible when some parallels occurred to me. I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evolution & Pop Culture, Evolution and Psychology, Evolution in Arts, Exaptation, Hypotheses, Literary Darwinism
Tagged CBGB's, Dave Insurgent, Dave Rubenstein, David Foster Wallace, depression, heroin addiction, Infinite Jest, Kurt Cobain, Lunachicks, marijuana addiction, New York Scum Rock, Nirvana, punk rock, Reagan Youth, self-awareness, self-obsession, suicide
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