Humans, Nature, and Human Nature.

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HUMANS: NOT THE ONLY ANIMAL FREAKED BY UGLINESS

Humans don’t do well with ugliness. Just watch a child who encounters a strange face on his fellow man. Most adults can control our reactions, but a truly deformed human face nonetheless sends our empathy plummeting into the Uncanny Valley. The Uncanny Valley is a bad place. The term was coined by a roboticist in [...]

Monkey Melt-Downs: Menace to Mom

Monkey Meltdown Video Parenting is a battle in some obvious ways — but it’s also a fundamental battle between mother and offspring over resources. Infant (fetus, even) wants everything Mom’s got; Mom wants to hold back some calories for her next breeding effort. Hence hunger crying. (Among other weapons.)   Hunger  crying does signal to [...]