Are group boundaries solid, impermeable, and red in tooth-and-claw? Is animosity between groups inevitable? In this episode, we talk to Anne Pisor (U Penn) about all things inter-group from an evolutionary perspective, including the forging of relationships across group boundaries as a way to deal with uncertainty and risk, and the circumstances that increase or decrease inter-group antagonism.

More about Anne Pisor: https://www.socialitylab.org/

https://anth.la.psu.edu/people/anne-pisor/

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Qav4JJ4AAAAJ&hl=en

Why do we feel shame? Is it a useless emotion? Our guest, Daniel Sznycer (Oklahoma State) has been studying "self-conscious" emotions from a functional/evolutionary perspective. If you're curious about why we feel things like shame, pride, guilt, or how an evolutionary approach can she light on understanding our emotions, this episode is for you.

More about Daniel Sznycer:

https://sites.google.com/view/sznycerlab/sznycer-lab

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AKHl_vwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Other links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate_the_Positive#:~:text=For%20other%20uses%2C%20see%20Accentuate,film%20Here%20Come%20the%20Waves.

Motive? Intent? Case closed! In this episode, Keelah Williams (JD, PhD, Hamilton) runs us through our bar exam prelims, explaining how our evolved psychology influences legal decision-making, and what consequences this may have on truth, justice, and much else... If you are interested in how evolutionary approaches inform legal issues, this episode is for you. Bonus: Keelah also discusses her ground-breaking work on ecology stereotypes.

More about Keelah Williams: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=42lmiPwAAAAJ

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/evolution-and-human-behavior/vol/44/issue/3