More free-range research!

Another reblogged good’n from Brandon Keim of Wired Science, discussing primatologist Pascal Gagneux’s argument that free-range research is WAY better for all primates involved, including humans: “Gagneux, who is noted for both his comparisons of human and chimpanzee genetics and his critical bioethical analysis of chimp research, says it’s about time we studied chimpanzees humanely. […]

Reblog: Culture doesn’t develop the same way as genes

I saw this post by Brandon Keim at Wired Science discussing a paper by evolutionary game theorist Arne Traulsen and his gang at the Max Planck Institute, titled “Exploration dynamics in evolutionary games,” and just HAD to re-post it, mostly because it just seemed like it would push some buttons: “In a paper published Monday […]