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I interview economist Paul Seabright, author of The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life.

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|5.19.05 @ 11:34AM|

I really enjoyed this article. I am very interested in evolutionary topics, in part because I am interested in how our modern-day ideas of ethical behavior may have roots in the evolution of early human behavior.

|5.19.05 @ 12:51PM|

I also find this topic interesting.

Several weeks back there was a discussion here where one poster opinioned that modern morals that repress sexual behaviour are recent, and unnatural. I argued otherwise, pointing out that primitive human females would have required male support and protection for them and their offspring, while the males would have wanted some indication that the offspring were in fact theirs. But the discussion lagged off without much debate.

Doesn't seem to be much interest in the topic . . .

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