Challenge outdated gender myths in this eye-opening episode of Darwin Revisited. Anthropologist Dr. Holly Dunsworth examines Darwin’s Victorian views on men and women, then reveals how modern biology, archaeology, and ethnography paint a very different...
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Dive into the dazzling world of mate choice in this episode of Darwin Revisited. Behavioral ecologist Dr. Michael J. Ryan unpacks Darwin’s groundbreaking theory of sexual selection—revealing why peacock tails, frog calls, and human courtship...
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Uncover the truth behind the myth of biological “race” in this revealing episode of Darwin Revisited. Join Dr. Agustín Fuentes as he dismantles Victorian-era assumptions and shows how modern genetics proves that human diversity is...
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Dive into the primate family tree with evolutionary anthropologist Dr. John Hawks in Chapter Six of A Most Interesting Problem. Explore Darwin’s anatomical and behavioral comparisons between humans and other apes, then uncover how modern genetics...
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Confront the darkest chapter of Darwin’s legacy as bioarchaeologist Dr. Kristina Killgrove examines his problematic views on civilization, intelligence, and race. When Darwin ranked human societies from “savage” to “civilized” with Europeans at the pinnacle,...
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Journey from Darwin’s fossil-free world of 1871 to today’s treasure trove of human ancestry with renowned paleoanthropologist Dr. Yohannes Haile-Selassie. When Darwin published “The Descent of Man,” he had virtually no fossil evidence to support...
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Explore the deep roots of human morality in Chapter Three of A Most Interesting Problem with evolutionary psychologist Dr. Brian Hare. Journey back to Darwin’s original insights about sympathy, social instincts, and cooperation, and discover how modern...
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Journey into the most complex structure in the known universe—the human brain—as we explore Chapter Two of “A Most Interesting Problem” with renowned neuroscientist Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Darwin believed our mental powers evolved gradually from...
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Step back in time to the Victorian era as our host unravels the remarkable evidence for human evolution that Charles Darwin first assembled without ever seeing a strand of DNA. In this debut episode of...
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