Episode 154: Steve Stewart-Williams - How Evolution Shaped Male And Female Minds

About this episode

Steve Stewart-Williams discusses how evolution has influenced the minds of men and women.

Steve Stewart-Williams is a professor, an evolutionary psychologist, and the author of The Ape that Understood the Universe and his newest book , A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Falling In Love With Evolutionary Psychology (03:30) Explaining Human Behavior Through Evolution (06:57) Why Sex Differences Evolved (10:28) Writing A Book On Controversial Science (12:21) Average Differences And Statistical Overlap (15:17) Human Parenting Shrinks Sex Differences (17:44) Male Interest In Casual Sex (21:19) Evidence Across Cultures And Species (25:23) What Men And Women Want (29:18) Physical Attraction And Resource Preferences (32:32) Replication Crisis And Scientific Confidence (34:55) Ashley Madison And Sexual Marketplace Realities (36:27) Gamma Bias And Delta Bias Explained (40:18) Aggression Differences Between Men And Women (44:19) Toddler Violence And Puberty Changes (47:27) Neuroticism, Sensitivity, And Personality Differences (52:34) Politics, Academia…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Riley

Guest: Steve Stewart-Williams

Topics covered

• evolutionary psychology
• sex differences
• human behavior
• parenting
• aggression
• academic freedom

Keywords

• evolution
• psychology
• sex differences
• human behavior
• parenting
• aggression
• academic freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Ape that Understood the Universe, A Billion Years of Sex Differences: How Evolution Shaped the Minds of Men and Women

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