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Jesse Bering is an experimental psychologist and Director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at the Queen's University, Belfast. See full bio
October 31, 2008, Evolutionary Psychology

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Con Artists in the Crib

By Jesse Bering, Ph.D. on October 31, 2008 in Quirky Little Things

Evolutionary psychology isn't all about sex. It all extrapolates to reproductive success eventually, but in my opinion some of the most interesting proposed psychological adaptations are far removed from the textbook miscellany of waist-to-hip ratios, facial symmetries, mate retention, and sexual pageantry. Read More

It could be worse?

Submitted by Mark B. on October 31, 2008 - 7:14am.

It could be worse. You could be on Ryanair, right?

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