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Only 3 percent of mammals are monogamous. The faithful few include beavers, wolves, bats, and, of course, humans. Why is monogamy so rare? And how did we come to practise it?
UCL anthropologist Kit Opie takes you on journey back to the beginning of human relationships.
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May 12
Human perception is imagination | Nadine Dijkstra
Nadine Dijkstra is a Principal Investigator at the Institute of Neurology at UCL. Her research in Imaging Neuroscience explores how the brain generates mental images and differentiates them from actual perception. Utilizing neuroimaging, psychophysics, machine learning, and compu ... Show More
14m 22s
Apr 28
Overcoming evolution | Subrina Smith, Keith Frankish, Simon Baron-Cohen
Is evolutionary psychology merely a way of excusing outdated behaviours? Is it instead culture which really defines how we behave?As with the animal kingdom, we see human behaviour as the product of elemental drives to survive and reproduce. Evolutionary psychology has taken this ... Show More
45m 23s
Dec 2023
Non-Monogamous Love with Justin L. Clardy
<p>Let a thousand flowers bloom! In episode 92 of Overthink, Ellie and David have a panoramic conversation on love beyond monogamy with philosophy professor, podcaster, and author of <em>Why It's OK To Not be Monogamous, </em>Justin L. Clardy. They envision relations of love and ... Show More
59m 39s