More Evol. Psych. (Skip if you have no interest. ^^)

[firebird_88]

Some VERY cool things from my Evolutionary Psychology reading:

1. All cultures use spices for cooking, and lately scientists have realized that what we consider "spices" are parts of plants with specialized chemicals that kill a number of bacteria that are present in our food. (Ginger and garlic, the most commonly used spices, are actually the most

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Oh my god, my inner nerd! ♥♥♥

[rufustehshinra]

It is flailing.

Re: Oh my god, my inner nerd! ♥♥♥

[firebird_88]

:D

[firebird_88]

Glad you enjoy the random info! ^^

Don't get too excited, there is a trade off. xD Men are much better at mental rotation (like imagining a cube in their minds and rotating it at different angles). We didn't learn about that, but I'm guessing that it'd be helping for hunting or planning out where to go.

[kartos]

MOAR.

[firebird_88]

Glad you approve. :p

[razcolnicov]

This data is so cool, I will use a bit in my literature class! Teenagers always ask stuff like this in my classes and I like to make connection between art and society (actually next week we are going to see chinese literature!).

Thank you for the info, could I get the bibliography?

;D

[firebird_88]

Haha that's cool! :D Keep in mind though, most of these are theories since it's really hard to prove ANY scientific theory. I read about all of these in the book "Evolutionary Psychology 3rd Edition" by David M. Buss. :3

[razcolnicov]

Thank you again!
In my class we always try to figure out scenarios and we discuss about theories as well. I like to force my students into deeper thinking, and not just give them information without a context, so this will be fun to discuss and we could spend the time in more productive ways then just writing data :D

Happy Weekend!

[firebird_88]

Hahaha I'll try! I hope I don't have to drop this class in case the semester gets too hard or something. ^^;