Cognitive Evolution
Why do only humans cry emotional tears?
We perceive things as beautiful when we believe they are good for us.
We perceive things as beautiful when we believe they are good for us. Reel.
Uncanny Valley: the evolved fear of almost human faces.
Humans are the only animals to cry emotional tears.
Humans evolved to be friendly.
Did you know that being on the same wavelength as someone is more than just a feeling?
Did you know that being on the same wavelength as someone is more than just a feeling? | Reel
Music and brain synchronization between the audience and musicians.
Did you know that leaders can synchronize their brain with their followers?
How leaders and followers synchronize their brains.
The effort based reward system and handwork.
Social smiling is not universal.
How prehistoric dance enabled modern empathy.
How to think like a prehistoric human: symbolic vs unsymbolized thought
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity is ancient. | Reel
Were prehistoric people autistic?
Your ADHD is ancient. Your environment is new.
Your ADHD is ancient. Your environment is new. | Reel
Cognition: why neurodiversity exists.
The evolutionary origins of HSP.
Your dyslexia is ancient. Your environment is new. | Reel
Dyslexia existed before reading and writing.
Emotions & 'Disorders'
Prehistoric people felt these emotions.
The evolutionary origins of rumination.
Did prehistoric people have seasonal affective disorder?
Did prehistoric people have seasonal affective disorder? | Reel
Your anxiety is ancient. Your environment is new.
Prehistoric people felt loneliness, and they survived because of it | Reel
Prehistoric people felt loneliness too.
Your anxiety is ancient. Your environment is new.
Prehistoric people experienced AWE too. And they survived because of it.
Heartbreak is a universal, cross-cultural, human experience.
Grief is a universal human experience.
Grief is a universal human experience | Reel
Civilization is the disease. Depression is the symptom.
Civilization is the disease. Depression is the symptom. | Reel
You did not evolve to be happy.