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 ( Read more... )

Not really anything new today in Evolutionary Psychology. I'm sure most of you have heard of the golden ratio between a woman's hips and waist (emphasis on RATIO, not WEIGHT) that makes her more attractive to men and have been linked to increased fertility. We did learn that they've done massive data collections amongst ancient statues/paintings ( Read more... )

I promised people to share some of my Evolutionary Psychology class stuff, so here's a few interesting facts that we've learned so far. (Or were randomly brought up in class).

EDIT: If you don't believe in evolution, I do NOT want to argue about it. Just skip this post and we'll both be a lot happier.

1. All cultures have language, symbolism, a ( Read more... )

So aside from the massive failure of communication between my university and the one next door (where I'm taking Physics over again), I'm actually quite excited for this semester ( Read more... )