Blog Profile / Evo and Proud
| URL : | http://www.evoandproud.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Academics / Anthropology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 260 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.1 | |
| Archived Since: | October 4, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Too darn hot?
Does higher IQ correlate with colder temperatures? Not among people belonging to the same cultural system, such as the Chinese. (source) Big brains are costly, not only because of their high energy consumption but also because many genes have to interact to create neural tissue. Show More Summary
More on Race, IQ, and Wealth
Cover page of American Conservative, a megaphone for dubious science? (source) My comments on Ron Unz’s article “Race, IQ, and Wealth” have led to further exchanges between myself and Ron. There seem to be two sticking points: Ron is more like a military strategist than an academic. Show More Summary
Ron Unz on Race, IQ, and Wealth
Former juvenile detention center in Torgau, East Germany. Was truancy treated the same way in West Germany and the DDR? (source) Ron Unz has come out with an article on “Race, IQ, and Wealth” in the latest issue of the American Conservative. Show More Summary
Are male and female homosexuality inversely correlated?
U.S. General Social Survey (analysis by Jason Malloy), - only groups of 40 or more individuals included - homosexual category includes bisexuals Jason Malloy has looked into the U.S. General Social Survey for rates of homosexuality by national origin and by gender. Show More Summary
Born this way?
Lady Gaga on the Monster Ball Tour, 2010 “Why not? It will leave more women for the rest of us.” I remember hearing that argument for gay rights while in high school, the assumption being that gays greatly outnumbered lesbians. There was some exaggeration in both directions. Show More Summary
Greece at the crossroads
The Greek government debt became unmanageable after autumn 2008, but the EU didn’t respond until over a year and a half later. (source) In the post-national Greece that developed after 1974, the clear winners were the middle class. Thanks...Show More Summary
Electing a new people?
Immigrants in the port of Patras, Greece (source). An immigrant community as large as three million people, in a country of eleven million. It was during the early 1970s—the time of the Colonels—that Greece began to receive large numbers of immigrants, mainly Africans recruited for insecure low-paying jobs in construction, agriculture, and shipping. Show More Summary
Post-1974: Deconstructing Greece
Poster for multi-child families. Today, the average Greek woman has only 1.3 children. Although the Colonels failed to turn back the clock, they did slow it down. When they lost power, Greece was still fulfilling its mission of perpetuating the Greek people. Show More Summary
The Colonels: How not to turn back the clock
The Colonels ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. They tried to turn back the clock without knowing how a clock works ( source ) In Greece, nation-building revolutionized social relations. It created a much larger web of reciprocal relationships among people who were not close kin and who often never met each other. Show More Summary
Greece's finest hour ... and after
American editorial cartoon from 1940 (source). Today, Greeks remember Ioannis Metaxas for his defense of Greece from Italian invasion in 1940. Few remember his refusal to enter the broader conflict of World War II. His death marked the...Show More Summary
Constructing the Greek state - part 2
The Ioannis Metaxas regime (1936–1941) was the high-water mark of Greek nationalism. It sought to create an emotional bond between Greeks and their nation that they had previously felt only for their families and immediate kin. In this,...Show More Summary
The Greek debt crisis - part 1
In early 1989, Poland legalized Solidarnosc as a political party and Hungary announced that it would become a multi-party state. These two moves set off a domino effect that spread throughout the entire Eastern bloc. (source) The debt...Show More Summary
Survival of the cutest?
Please take care of me! ( source ) Child neglect is common in Papua New Guinea, even in regions where food is relatively abundant. Did juvenile hair color become lighter as a way to elicit maternal care? If we exclude people of European...Show More Summary
Who were the ancestors of modern Europeans?
A mitochondrion (source). Is mitochondrial DNA selectively neutral? Were Ice Age Europeans a dead end, like the Neanderthals before them? Did Middle Eastern farmers replace indigenous hunter-gatherers, just as Europeans would later replace...Show More Summary
Vitamin D metabolism and northern native peoples
Early winter afternoon in Tromso, Norway (source). There is little or no solar UV for vitamin D synthesis at high northern latitudes, and humans have had to adapt accordingly. I’ve published another article on vitamin D metabolism and northern Native peoples. Show More Summary
East Asia at the crossroads
Is Japan dying? (Source: PBT Consulting) Today, East Asia is widely acclaimed for decade upon decade of economic success. Yet this success rests on a very fragile foundation—an aging population with the world’s lowest fertility. This situation is viewed with surprising indifference by East Asians and Westerners alike. Show More Summary
The next East Asian domino
McDonald’s in Taipei. By the 1990s, Taiwan had already become a “post-nation” (source) East Asia has long been bucking the trend toward globalization. Its countries have become major players in the global marketplace, while jealously guarding their cultural specificity and national character.But East Asia is now getting with the program. Show More Summary
Reflections on the revolution in South Korea
Cartoon lampooning the traffic in mail-order brides (source). About 40% of married men in rural South Korea have wives of foreign origin. Until recently, South Korea had no ethnic minorities. Nor did it have a history of being a colonial power. Show More Summary
Dark coloration and male aggressiveness: Is there a link?
Red-winged blackbird ( source ). Is dark coloration directly linked to male aggressiveness? For the past thirty years, psychologist Philippe Rushton has been using life history theory to explain human differences in many areas: IQ, sexual development, parental investment, mating system, time orientation, etc. Show More Summary
The 'monkey people' we once knew
Remains of archaic hominins from southwest China (Curnoe et al, 2012). They were around when villages and towns were arising in the Middle East. Recent findings have confirmed the ‘Out of Africa’ model of human origins, but only in part. Show More Summary