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December 18, 2014

Intelligent Design Versus Random Mutation? (A comment on Steven Pinker) [with Ryan McKay]→

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- Social Evolution Forum
June 22, 2012
* see Steven Pinker’s Edge essay “The False Allure of Group Selection”

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December 18, 2014

Four Recipes for Religion→

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- International Cognition and Culture Institute
January 25, 2010

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Anthropology in Crisis - What, Still?”→

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- International Cognition and Culture Institute
June 7, 2009

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Why Do We Sometimes De-Humanize Our Fellow Humans? Some Preliminary Reflections [with Justin Barrett]→

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Anthropology in Action in Vanuatu: Troubleshooting Disaster Relief in the Wake of Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin

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