Meredith F. Small

Back in the old days, planning a dinner party was a pleasure.

Humans switched to cooked meats and they never looked back.

Parents are quivering masses of indecision and self-doubt. Why are we so afraid?

Our social nature means we know how to manipulate others in a very negative way.

The arresting photo: three almost naked men shooting arrows into the sky to ward off aerial evil.

A recent issue of People has a disturbing photograph of actor Harrison Ford.

brand loyalty pre-dates the Industrial Revolution by a longshot.

Incense has a symbolic role in church but it also plays a biochemical role.

Graduation brings pomp, circumstance, and apparently lots of depression.

Around the world, in just about every culture, some people decide to take their own lives.

This makes us unique: I know who I am and I know that I know who I am.

Cultures don't really understand the role of culture in how citizens look.

Making choices, no matter how trivial, exhausts the human brain.

Emotions are actually adaptations to help us cope with specific situations.

Lying and having a secret life can pay off in terms of passing on genes.

Apparently, humans want, more than anything, to move swiftly.

Being a push-over doesn't serve women well.

An anthropologist's presidential endorsement went to a woman, any woman.

Humans owe a lot to the second domesticated animal — sheep.

No one knows why 2-year-olds have temper tantrums, but most of them do.

Human mating should be evolutionarily straightforward, but it's not.

Love honey, sugar cane, molasses and corn syrup? Blame our primate heritage.

Finally, this culture has started to live from festival to festival.

My house was burglarized, and everyone responded with an upsetting story.

Macaques are really great monkeys, along with being able to control robots.