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16/09/2025

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Evolutionary biologist, Dr. David Sloan Wilson, has assembled a team of researchers focused on understanding the social contexts in which cooperative behavio...

16/09/2025

🌿New TVOL Magazine Article: Teaching Evolution Requires More Than Evidence, It Takes Empathy

People can be highly knowledgeable and reject evolution for reasons beyond evidence. When that happens, it is important to listen to understand why, so we can bridge those gaps.

By Amanda Glaze, Assistant Professor of Middle Grades & Secondary Science Education at Georgia Southern University.
🔗Read the full article:

It is possible for people to be highly knowledgeable and reject evolution for reasons beyond evidence. When that happens, it is important to listen in order to understand why so we can bridge those gaps.

12/09/2025

Join us TODAY for this interesting discussion about Midwest agriculture between David Sloan Wilson, Nick Jordan & Whitney Clark.

📆12 PM EST | Registration via Zoom
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11/09/2025

Forever Green: Building a cooperative innovation platform for diversification in Midwest agriculture with David Sloan Wilson, Nick Jordan & Whitney Clark.

Tomorrow, join us for a Live Podcast on about Forever Green Initiative – a regional effort to scale regenerative agriculture in the Upper Midwest.

📆September 12th | 12 PM EST
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10/09/2025

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09/09/2025

Punk Evolutionist: An Interview with Greg Graffin

Did you know that Greg Graffin, founder of the legendary band Bad Religion, is also a deep evolutionary thinker? Here’s the back story.

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Did you know that Greg Graffin, founder of the legendary band Bad Religion, is also a deep evolutionary thinker? Here’s the back story.

06/09/2025

🔎Technological evolution isn’t just about invention—it’s about combining what already exists into something new. From hafted axes to space stations, this combinatorial process explains both the explosive growth of the industrial revolution and the double-edged challenges of the Anthropocene.

Dive into Wim Hordijk's approach:

A new theory of technological evolution implies there is an inevitability to the Anthropocene, and suggests a rethink of why and how the industrial revolution happened.

05/09/2025

📣Upcoming Podcast! Join us next Friday

David Sloan Wilson speaks with Professor Nick Jordan and Whitney Clark, Executive Director of Friends of the Mississippi River, about their work on the Forever Green Initiative – a regional effort to scale regenerative agriculture in the Upper Midwest.

They reflect on seven years of cross-sector collaboration to develop new crops and farming systems, and how their partnership with ProSocial World has helped strengthen the initiative.

📆September 12th | 12 PM EST
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01/09/2025

Eyes have evolved many times in many forms, from simple light-sensing spots to complex chambered organs. Each one reflects evolution’s ingenuity, showing there is no single “perfect” eye, only diverse solutions to the challenge of seeing.

Explore the new article on TVOL Magazine, "Eye Origins: How Evolution Could Produce a Sophisticated Eye" by Ubadah Sabbagh:

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Each eye is beautiful and elegant in its own right, and each eye we look at offers us a new way to appreciate the wonders of evolution.

29/08/2025

📢New TVOL Magazine Post is up!

George Price’s equation transformed our understanding of altruism by showing how cooperation can evolve through both kinship and group selection. His work demonstrated that acts of kindness in nature are not anomalies, but mathematically grounded strategies shaped by evolution.

By Wim Hordijk
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Altruistic behavior seems abundant in nature, but how did it evolve? George Price had the answer nearly fifty years ago.

26/08/2025

🔎Meet our Special Publications

This series features edited collections of essays written by leading experts in their respective fields, exploring the intersection of evolution and human society.

Through these thought-provoking contributions, the series examines how evolutionary science can inform our understanding of the arts, culture, and social systems, offering fresh insights into how cultural evolution and cooperation can drive positive change in the world.

🔗Dig into them! https://www.prosocial.world/special-publications

24/08/2025

🌱 : Life in Nature

Wild chimpanzees have been observed tending to their own and others' wounds using medicinal plants - a behavior that mirrors human first aid practices.

This remarkable discovery sheds light on the deep evolutionary roots of empathy and cooperative care.
Understanding such behaviors in our primate relatives not only enriches our knowledge of animal intelligence but also reinforces the importance of prosocial behaviors in human societies.

🔗Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wild-chimpanzees-first-aid-health-care