Darwin's Subterranean World

Evolution, Mind, and Mating Intelligence

Glenn Geher Ph.D.

Darwin’s Tips for Kindergarten Teachers

Humans have been working to help young children develop for millennia. Here are 10 ways that Darwin’s big idea can help inform early childhood education.

The Psychology of Arrogance

Raise your hand if you like arrogant people! Right ... neither do I. Here is how arrogance persists, in spite of how despicable it is.

The Ancestor’s Trail USA

The recent unveiling of The Ancestor’s Trail USA provides many insights into the human condition and the entirety of life. All in the amazing Shawangunk Mountains!

Why Do I Need to Understand Math?

Most efforts by teachers to explain why math is important fall flat. Here is a totally different approach, brought to you by evolution.

How to Write a Psychology Research Proposal

Writing a brief research proposal is an important ability that cultivates all kinds of intellectual skills.

What Is a Frenemy?

Do you have a “friend” who has slighted you? A “friend” whom you don’t trust for one second? Maybe this “friend” is really your “frenemy."

Darwin's Definitions

“Adaptive Hurdle?” “Evolutionary Arms Race?” “Spandrel?” What do these terms mean? And how do they relate to human evolutionary psychology?

The Evolutionary Psychology of Anti-Semitism

Anti-semitism is nearly as old as is recorded history. An understanding of our evolved social psychology helps us understand why.

Her Sexy Texas Cowboy

Many people talk about female sexuality as being complicated. For some clarity, check out Harlequin romance novels.

6 Tips for Psychology Graduate Students

Graduate school is famously intensive and stressful. It need not be. Here are some tips for making it great!

Florida Teens and the 'Let Me Talk to the Manager!' Effect

Led by the fearless Parkland Survivors, young people across the U.S. are taking no prisoners in their demands for change now. How did this happen?

Evolutionary Psychology is Here to Stay!

... Since Darwin first applied evolutionary principles to such psychological concepts as the human emotion system, evolutionary psychology has been under attack ...

Evolutionary Psychology Permeates Everyday Life

From your typical breakfast choices to everyday hassles at work, evolution touches each and every aspect of your day. Every day. Here is how.

Does Gun Control Work?

Some say that research connecting rates of gun ownership with gun violence is “only correlational” and, thus, does not show a causal link. This is actually not completely true …

Slavery’s Legacy and Modern Gun Violence

Being in a state that has a history of slavery eerily maps onto both the nature of gun laws and the rates of gun violence.

The Right Side of History

Regardless of your political orientation, you probably want to see the world improve and you probably want to be on the right side of history. Mobilizing young people is key.

Are We Alone in the Universe?

Come on, you’ve thought about it! Are there aliens out there? And if so, are they intelligent? And what are their plans for the likes of you and me?

The #1 Way to Succeed as a Student

Want to ace college? Do this. It’s not what you think!

Why We Marched for Science

We need leadership in this country that uses a science-based approach to solving problems—now more than ever. We don’t need leadership that makes rash decisions off the cuff.

The Parkland Survivors’ Message of Hope

Since the dawn of time, grownups have looked with skepticism at the next generation. Want reason for optimism in our future? Look to the survivors of Parkland.

Mental Health and School Shootings

A mountain of studies have demonstrated that mental health problems are increasing. This may partly be why mass shootings have become normalized. We can do better.

The Psychopath Next Door

Under ancestral conditions, one’s social world was limited. So people had to play nice. Urbanization has changed all that, opening the door for psychopaths in our world.

10 Reasons to Celebrate Darwin Day

Today is Darwin’s 209th birthday, and he is still pretty much right about everything. Here are 10 reasons to celebrate his life and ideas.

Don't Let the Bully Win

Bullies can emerge in any human community. Here's the evolutionary psychology of how we deal with them.

What is a Learning Community?

In our hyper-individualistic culture, education focuses primarily on the individual when it comes learning. An evolutionarily informed perspective gives us more options.

Hating the Patriots is Natural for Many

One reason to never cheat is this: There is perhaps nothing you can do to hurt your reputation more than to get yourself labeled as a cheater. And this fact has hurt the Patriots.

Tell That to My Face!

Online communication often takes place by people with hidden identities. This is a formula for nastiness in human interactions. And it is only getting worse.

Does the Flu Trick People Into Being Sociable?

From an evolutionary perspective, a virus that manipulates its host’s behavior so as to get into as many bodies as possible makes sense. The flu may be such a virus...

Tips for Writing in Psychology

Capturing psychological ideas in writing is not always easy or intuitive. Here are 16 tips for writing in the field of psychology.

Individual Differences

People come in all shapes and sizes, physically and psychologically. Here are nine of the core personality dimensions on which we vary from each other.

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