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Home > Why Sex Differences Matter: The Darwinian Perspective

Helena Cronin [9.30.09]
Topic:
LIFE

If we want to change the world, we need first to understand it. And when it comes to understanding human nature — male and female — Darwinian science is indispensable.

HELENA CRONIN launched and runs Darwin@LSE. She is a Co-Director of LSE's Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. Author,The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today.

Further reading on Edge: "Getting Human Nature Right": A Talk with Helena Cronin


BACK TO EVENT PAGE: DARWIN IN CHILE


 

 

Why Sex Differences Matter: The Darwinian Perspective [1]

If we want to change the world, we need first to understand it. And when it comes to understanding human nature — male and female — Darwinian science is indispensable.

[2]

HELENA CRONIN launched and runs Darwin@LSE [3]. She is a Co-Director of LSE's Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. Author,The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to Today.

Further reading on Edge: "Getting Human Nature Right": A Talk with Helena Cronin [4]


BACK TO EVENT PAGE: DARWIN IN CHILE [5]


 

 

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[2] http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/chile09/Cronin.htm
[3] mailto:Darwin@LSE
[4] http://edge.org/conversation/getting-human-nature-right
[5] http://www.edge.org/events/darwin-in-chile