Fear of Food: Allergies Grow Deadlier, Fashionable By Meredith F. Small published 11 July 08 Back in the old days, planning a dinner party was a pleasure.
Outdoor BBQ: A 700,000-year-old Ritual By Meredith F. Small published 3 July 08 Humans switched to cooked meats and they never looked back.
Why We Fear Parenting By Meredith F. Small published 27 June 08 Parents are quivering masses of indecision and self-doubt. Why are we so afraid?
Sarcasm Seen as Evolutionary Survival Skill By Meredith F. Small published 20 June 08 Our social nature means we know how to manipulate others in a very negative way.
Primitive People: Innocent or Savage? By Meredith F. Small published 13 June 08 The arresting photo: three almost naked men shooting arrows into the sky to ward off aerial evil.
Why Men Have Breasts By Meredith F. Small published 6 June 08 A recent issue of People has a disturbing photograph of actor Harrison Ford.
Brand Names: From Mesopotamia to MAC By Meredith F. Small published 30 May 08 brand loyalty pre-dates the Industrial Revolution by a longshot.
The Mild-Altering Role of Incense in Religion By Meredith F. Small published 23 May 08 Incense has a symbolic role in church but it also plays a biochemical role.
Grads Get Pomp and ... Depression By Meredith F. Small published 16 May 08 Graduation brings pomp, circumstance, and apparently lots of depression.
Why Doesn't Evolution Discourage Suicide? By Meredith F. Small published 9 May 08 Around the world, in just about every culture, some people decide to take their own lives.
What We Know (and Hate) About Consciousness By Meredith F. Small published 2 May 08 This makes us unique: I know who I am and I know that I know who I am.
How Culture Makes Us Thin or Fat By Meredith F. Small published 25 April 08 Cultures don't really understand the role of culture in how citizens look.
My Day: A Brain-Sucking Tornado of Endless Decisions By Meredith F. Small published 18 April 08 Making choices, no matter how trivial, exhausts the human brain.
Why Humans Bother With Emotions By Meredith F. Small published 4 April 08 Emotions are actually adaptations to help us cope with specific situations.
Deception: As Human as Sex Itself By Meredith F. Small published 28 March 08 Lying and having a secret life can pay off in terms of passing on genes.
Why We Cling to Cars By Meredith F. Small published 21 March 08 Apparently, humans want, more than anything, to move swiftly.
Women Are Bound to Get AIDS By Meredith F. Small published 14 March 08 Being a push-over doesn't serve women well.
If Only Women Ran the World ... By Meredith F. Small published 7 March 08 An anthropologist's presidential endorsement went to a woman, any woman.
Man's Other Best Friend: Shorn, Worn and Eaten for Dinner By Meredith F. Small published 29 February 08 Humans owe a lot to the second domesticated animal — sheep.
How to Solve Toddler Tantrums: Think Like a Neanderthal By Meredith F. Small published 22 February 08 No one knows why 2-year-olds have temper tantrums, but most of them do.
Sex and the Evolution of Love By Meredith F. Small published 14 February 08 Human mating should be evolutionarily straightforward, but it's not.
Why We Love the Sweet Life By Meredith F. Small published 8 February 08 Love honey, sugar cane, molasses and corn syrup? Blame our primate heritage.
Super Celebrations: Western Culture Parties On By Meredith F. Small published 1 February 08 Finally, this culture has started to live from festival to festival.
The Dark Story of Human Empathy By Meredith F. Small published 25 January 08 My house was burglarized, and everyone responded with an upsetting story.
Meet Your Old Friend, the Multipurpose Monkey By Meredith F. Small published 18 January 08 Macaques are really great monkeys, along with being able to control robots.
