Associate Professor in Evolutionary Psychology, University of Auckland
I work on human evolution of human cooperation and culture, with a focus on the role of language and religion. My work has been published in top journals including Nature and Science.
Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth
Aug 16, 2017 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
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