Who knew that EO Wilson coined the term alloparents when mentoring Sarah Hrdy! Before then, primatologists called them aunties and uncles. Lots of great history in this interview with Sarah Hrdy On Humans open.spotify.com/episode/7jk37x…

Did our ancestors fight wars? Or did warfare emerge only during the past 10,000 years or so? We had a great conversation about this with Luke Glowacki Luke Glowacki ! Listen to full episode now 👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/48-is-war-na…

A juicy turning point in the making of the “Western civilisation”: An Italian priest arrives in a majority-Muslim town and makes a local friend. Together, they translate not only Aristotle but also Arabic works introducing students to a new number system from India — a system so

Yes, climate change drove human evolution. And this isn’t just a story of jungles turning into savannas. If the graph below is anything to go by, both human biology and human culture evolved to cope with increasingly dramatic climate swings. I’m not sure what this means for our

Are universal human rights a "Western" idea rooted in Kantian philosophy? Hard debate. But it's good to remember that a Chinese intellectual, P.C. Chang, worked as the vice-chair of the 1948 drafting committee and incorporated Confucian ideas into the Universal Declaration of

I often talk about how playful humans are—even as adults. I still think this makes humans a bit odd. But here is a beautiful reminder not to exaggerate the differences between us and chimpanzees! From an excellent article by Liran Samuni, Alex Mielke and others at the

The story of China is not just the story of one nation. It is the story of a large chunk of humanity — a quarter of our species at times. And that story is now shaping the century ahead. Would you like to understand this story better? You will struggle to find a better place to

It's out—the 50th episode of On Humans! Join me and Ideen A. Riahi as we trace the broadest patterns of the human story, from the travels of Homo erectus to the emergence of Eurasian empires. onhumans.substack.com/p/podcast-a-ne… #socialscience #humanevolution #Economics #History #anthropology

🎙️ New Podcast Alert! 🎧 On Monday, December 2, #MarxeFaculty Associate Professor Ideen Riahi joined Ilari Mäkelä on the On Humans podcast to discuss his groundbreaking research on the broad patterns of Eurasian history. 🌍✨ 🎧 Listen now: ow.ly/1QHK50Uk3Pr #MarxePride

🥁 It’s on: the first-ever live recording of On Humans! Come meet me and Yasheng Huang 黄亚生 at London Business School this Wednesday at 4.30pm. Only a handful of places left. Be fast! 💨 Tickets (free) 🎟️ e.cglink.me/2ka/r40866 Please share! 🙌

Last week, I had an amazing conversation with Yasheng Huang 黄亚生 on his two upcoming books. Did you miss the event held at LondonBusinessSchool? You can listen to our chat now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your shows! 👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/live-from-lo…

Why is the Battle of Hastings more famous than the Battle of Kitombo? africanhistoryextra.com/p/war-and-peac…

It's out! 👏 The 51st episode of On Humans explores the origins of patriarchy with Angarika Deb You can listen in full or read a summary at: onhumans.substack.com/p/why-patriarc…

"The Origins of Humankind" is now live! 👏 We’ve assembled a team of leading experts to reconstruct humanity’s 4-billion-year origin story—with cutting-edge science as our guide. The first episode is out now! 👉 onhumans.substack.com/origins Listen. Read. Subscribe. All for