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Kevin Laland

Writing for PS since 2017
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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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What Makes a Human?

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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How Culture Shapes Human Evolution

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

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Social Policy Starts at Home
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Social Policy Starts at Home

Shahra Razavi advocates a family-oriented approach to tackling poverty and promoting gender equality.

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The End of “Peak Germany” and the Return of France
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The End of “Peak Germany” and the Return of France

Jacek Rostowski & Arnab Das

Europe works best, as the old quip has it, with the Russians out, the Germans down, and the Americans in. Today’s new European order has the Russians up, the Germans on the way down, the Americans potentially bowing out, Britons struggling toward Brexit – and France rising.

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The Case for a Guaranteed Job
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The Case for a Guaranteed Job

Robert Skidelsky

The debate over government job-guarantee programs is partly one of economic theory. But the main issue is politics: the size of the state, its proper economic role, and the resources the state needs.

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Hungary’s Holocaust Simulacrum
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Hungary’s Holocaust Simulacrum

Andrea Pető thinks increasingly simplified, high-tech museum exhibitions about the tragedy reflect a dangerous shift.

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Good Jobs for Disabled Workers
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Good Jobs for Disabled Workers

Brian Malika proposes ways to overcome the formidable labor-market challenges that confront too many talented job seekers.

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A Wake-Up Call for Human Rights
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A Wake-Up Call for Human Rights

James A. Goldston says advocacy groups alone cannot repel the current populist onslaught on liberal values.

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When Leninists Overreach
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When Leninists Overreach

Nina L. Khrushcheva suspects that Russia and China's leaders may be losing support among their respective country's elites.

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Tilting at More than Windmills in South Asia
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Tilting at More than Windmills in South Asia

Richard N. Haass says that South Asia remains at best a region to be managed, not a problem to be solved.

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