Artificial Selection: How Humans Have Shaped Evolution We often think of evolution as ‘something that happened’ in...
Misusing Darwin: The Materialist Conspiracy in Evolutionary Biology Scientists sometimes complain about the introduction of religious ideas into...
Darwin, Evolution and God: The Present Debates This lecture sets the scientific and religious context for Darwin’s...
Religion, ethics and evolutionary psychology Does evolutionary psychology (socio-biology) explain the basis of morality, or...
In the brain of the beholder? The principles of beauty and sex appeal What constitutes human facial beauty and bodily attractiveness? How do...
Sexual conflict and the emergence of sexual equality and monogamy In many species that have adopted promiscuous reproductive strategies, competition...
Hormones, sex and animal passion: making pleasure out of necessity? This lecture considers different patterns of male and female sexual...
Fashion and Visual Culture in the 19th Century: The Girl of the Period By the second half of the nineteenth century it was...