Andrew over at Evolvify just linked to a new review of Sex at Dawn, a book that challenges our cultural standard of monogamy. The review has been submitted to the journal Evolutionary Psychology: The Human That Never Evolved Although Andrew’s post and the review itself inspired me to write this post, this post is not …
Against Dietary Dogmatism
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word dogma comes from the Greek dogmatos, literally meaning “that which one thinks is true.” This dictionary further states that it derives from dokein, meaning “to seem good” or “to think,” a root which also gave rise to the English word decent. Basil the Great, a fourth-century bishop …
Installment 3 of The Masai Part I Is Now Up!
This is the third and final installment of The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai over at Mother Nature Obeyed: The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 3) In this installment, we see a historical example where a …
Reflections on the Ancestral Health Symposium 2011
It was a great honor and privilege to be invited to speak at the first annual Ancestral Health Symposium at UCLA this weekend, and it was a wonderful experience to meet so many new friends, re-meet so many old ones I am rarely able to see because of geographical distance, and finally meet in person …
The Pursuit of Happiness Does Not Require Feet (A Brief Thought About Life)
Those of us living in the United States have enshrined in our founding documents the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, a concept that has older roots in European philosophers such as John Locke. These documents, of course, provide not the slightest bit of instruction about how to embark upon this pursuit, wisely leaving …
Installement 2 of “The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai” is now up!
The Masai Part I: A Glimpse of Gender, Sexuality, and Spirituality in the Loita Masai (installment 2) This is the second installment of part I, covering divisions of labor, ownership rights, and authority by age and sex in Masai society.