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Kevin Laland

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Kevin Laland is Professor of Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews, and the author of Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind.

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What Makes a Human?

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Aug 4, 2017 Kevin Laland separates evolutionary fact from science fiction in the popular Planet of the Apes franchise.

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How Culture Shapes Human Evolution

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May 15, 2017 Kevin Laland provides a new explanation of why humankind's unique cognitive abilities emerged.

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Erdoğan’s Authoritarian Quackery

Aug 15, 2018 Nina L. Khrushcheva argues that the Turkish president's bizarre theories provide some fundamental insight into dictatorship.

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The Zero-Sum Economy

Aug 15, 2018 Adair Turner explains why distributive activities are growing at the expense of creative activities.

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Confronting Journalism’s Misogynistic Trolls

Aug 15, 2018 Hannah Storm worries that the media's gender balance is being threatened by a surge in online harassment.

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The West Must Face Reality in Turkey

Aug 15, 2018 Richard N. Haass argues that the partnership is effectively over, and that the US and EU must adjust their policy accordingly.

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How Europe Can Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Power

Aug 15, 2018 Zaki Laïdi says that if the EU is to survive in today's Hobbesian world, it needs to address three key weaknesses.

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The Turkish Emerging Market Timebomb

Aug 14, 2018 Jim O'Neill shows that the currency crisis is long overdue, and expects sober minds ultimately to prevail.

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Upgrading International Development Cooperation

Aug 14, 2018 Alicia Bárcena Ibarra , et al. see Latin America and the Caribbean as a test bed for new models of international cooperation.

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Realizing Globalization’s Innovative Potential

Aug 14, 2018 Otaviano Canuto urges developing economies to take fuller advantage of technology and knowledge transfer.

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