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Ancient Instincts, Modern Power Struggles: How Evolution Still Shapes Human Society

Anthropology.net

Even religion and ideology, Colombo argues, often serve as vehicles for ancient survival behaviors, reinforcing group identity and justifying conflict. Education, he suggests, must go beyond academic knowledge and address the psychological and neurological roots of human behavior.

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Meet Raquel Centeno, 2024 Fund for Latino Scholarship Recipient

Political Science Now

Her research falls largely in the areas of public opinion, political psychology, and political behavior. Raquel Centeno is a Ph.D. candidate studying American politics and quantitative methods in the Political Science and International Relations department at the University of Southern California.

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Human Bio-Cultural Evolution

Anthropology for Beginners

Evolutionary psychology (EP): a perspective focused on understanding the evolution of psychological mechanisms resulting in human behavior. Human behavioral ecology (HBE): a perspective that focuses on how ecological and social factors affect behavior through natural selection.