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Determinants of prehistoric group size
Fire and spirit vs egalitarian political indolence
7 hrs ago • 
Michael G. Heller
The timing of the First Society
Rest in peace, Brian Fagan 1936-2025
Aug 21 • 
Michael G. Heller
Tournament of the testes
A prehistoric leadership hormone
Aug 13 • 
Michael G. Heller
Evolution by Competition
Critical texts of Aristotle, Hobbes, Kant, Darwin, Hayek
Aug 5 • 
Michael G. Heller

July 2025

Coupling Closure
Men, women, and exclusivity
Jul 24 • 
Michael G. Heller
Prehistoric Political Personality
A psychological basis for individualised politics
Jul 16 • 
Michael G. Heller
Around the World in Eight Societies
A social science route map, regularly redrawn
Jul 15 • 
Michael G. Heller
Ancestral Incest
Society, knowledge, discussion and rules
Jul 7 • 
Michael G. Heller
Prehistoric Intelligence
Cognitive differentiations for hunting vs gathering
Jul 1 • 
Michael G. Heller

June 2025

Partitioning the Intelligence
Brain Power for Coupling and Governance
Jun 23 • 
Michael G. Heller
Men, Women, Infanticide
Was infanticide risk the reason for the coupling?
Jun 11 • 
Michael G. Heller
The monogamy revolution
And a proposal for a polygamous future
Jun 1 • 
Michael G. Heller
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